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Plato's Republic - Critical Essays

English · Paperback / Softback

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Bringing between two covers the most influential and accessible articles on Plato's Republic, this collection illuminates what is widely held to be the most important work of Western philosophy and political theory. It will be valuable not only to philosophers, but to political theorists, historians, classicists, literary scholars, and interested general readers.

List of contents










Chapter 1 A Fallacy in Plato's Republic Chapter 2 Inside and Outside the Republic Chapter 3 The Psychology of Justice in Plato Chapter 4 Was Plato a Feminist? Chapter 5 A Metaphysical Paradox Chapter 6 The Analogy of City and Soul in Plato's Republic Chapter 7 Excerpt from The Sovereignty of Good Chapter 8 The Philosopher and the Female in the Political Thought of Plato Chapter 9 Plato and the Poets Chapter 10 Understanding and the Good: Sun, Line, and Cave Chapter 11 Plato's Totalitarianism Chapter 12 Plato's Defense of Justice Chapter 13 The Naked Old Women in the Palaestra

About the author










Richard Kraut is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Plato and the author of Aristotle on the Human Good and Socrates and the State. He is professor of philosophy at Northwestern University.

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