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Plato's political philosophy /
This comprehensive, yet compact, introduction examines Plato's understading of law, Justice, virtue, and the connection between politics and philosophy.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Project Muse philosophy and religion collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This comprehensive, yet compact, introduction examines Plato's understading of law, Justice, virtue, and the connection between politics and philosophy. Focusing on three of Plato's dialogues--The Laws, The Republic, and The Statesman--Mark Blitz lays out the philosopher's principal interests in government and the strength and limit of the law, the connection between law and piety, the importance of founding, and the status and limits of political knowledge. He examines all of Plato's discussions of politics and virtues, comments on specific dialogues, and discusses the philosopher's explorations of beauty, pleausure, good, and the relations between politics and reason. Throughout, Blitz reinforces Plato's emphasis on clear and rigoruous reasoning in ethics and political life and explains in straightforward language the valuable lessons one can draw from examining Plato's writings. The only introduction to Plato that both gathers his separate discussions of politically relevant topics and pays close attention to the context and structure of his dialogues, this volume directly contrasts the modern view of politics with that of the ancient master. It is an excellent companion to Plato's Dialogues. "An extraordinarily fresh, rich, and thought-provoking introduction to Plato's political philosophy. Blitz takes a synoptic approach, combining in-depth textual analysis of particular dialogues with illuminating thematic discussions. The result is an extremely helpful, general-but-precise analysis of virtually all of the Platonic dialogues."--Peter J. Ahrensdorf, Davidson College --Book Jacket |
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| Notas: | OldControl:muse9780801899188. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (326 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780801899188 0801899184 |