The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic
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- Editor: G. R. F. Ferrari, University of California, Berkeley
- Date Published: August 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521548427
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This Companion provides a comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic disciplines, bring a spectrum of interpretive approaches to bear in order to aid the understanding of a wide-ranging audience, from first-time readers of the Republic who require guidance, to more experienced readers who wish to explore contemporary currents in the work's interpretation. The three initial chapters address aspects of the work as a whole. They are followed by essays that match closely the sequence in which topics are presented in the ten books of the Republic. Since the Republic returns frequently to the same topics by different routes, so do the authors of this volume, who provide the readers with divergent yet complementary perspectives by which to appreciate the Republic's principal concerns.
Read more- Diverse academic background of distinguished contributors
- Unusually full bibliography, categorised by topic
- Suitable for a wide range of readers, from those approaching the Republic for the first time to advanced students and scholars
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'Eminently suited to guide students, whether graduates or advanced undergraduates, through this intimidating text while at the same time introducing them to significant contemporary disputes in its interpretation. The Companions chapters … are to be congratulated for resisting the tendency to mystification.' Edward Butler, Metapsychology
See more reviews'A book that all admirers of Ethics with Aristotle will read with great pleasure.' Revue philsophique de Louvain
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- Date Published: August 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521548427
- length: 562 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 33 mm
- weight: 0.84kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. The protreptic rhetoric of the Republic Harvey Yunis
2. The place of the Republic in Plato's political thought Christopher Rowe
3. Rewriting the poets in Plato's characters David O'Connor
4. Wise guys and smart alecks in Republic 1 and 2 Roslyn Weiss
5. Justice and virtue: the Republic's inquiry into proper difference Aryeh Kosman
6. The noble lie Malcolm Schofield
7. The three-part soul G. R. F. Ferrari
8. Eros in the Republic Paul Ludwig
9. The utopian character of Plato's ideal city Donald Morrison
10. Philosophy, the forms and the art of ruling David Sedley
11. Sun and line: the role of the good Nicholas Denyer
12. Beginning the 'longer way' Mitchell Miller
13. The city-soul analogy Norbert Blossner
14. The unhappy tyrant and the craft of inner rule Richard D. Parry
15. What is imitative poetry and why is it bad? Jessica Moss
16. The life-and-death journey of the soul: interpreting the myth of Er Stephen Halliwell.
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