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Designed for courses in the history of philosophy, social and political theory, government, and Plato specifically, Platos Republic: Critical Essays will enrich students understanding of this profoundly influential work. The comprehensive collection covers Platos social and political thought, his metaphysics and epistemology, his ethical theory, and his attitude towards women. The essays, chosen for their clarity and ability to stimulate student discussion, are related to one another in ways that will help students see the connections among the various strands of Platos thought. The book includes an index of passages to guide students through parts of the Republic that they find challenging.

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title Platos Republic Critical Essays Critical Essays On the Classics - photo 1

title:Plato's Republic : Critical Essays Critical Essays On the Classics
author:Kraut, Richard
publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
isbn10 | asin:084768492X
print isbn13:9780847684922
ebook isbn13:9780585071558
language:English
subjectPlato.--Republic.
publication date:1997
lcc:JC71.P6.P53 1997eb
ddc:321/.07
subject:Plato.--Republic.
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Plato's Republic
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Critical Essays on the Classics
General Editor: Steven M. Cahn
This new series is designed to introduce college students to major works of philosophical and political theory through the best critical essays on those works. The distinguished editors of each collection have selected essays for their scholarly excellence and their accessibility to students. Each collection is meant to serve as a companion to the work itself, providing a gateway into a deeper understanding of the text.
Forthcoming in the series:
Descartes's Meditations: Critical Essays
edited by Vere Chappell
Kant's Groundwork on the Metaphysics of Morals: Critical Essays
edited by Paul Guyer
Mill's On Liberty: Critical Essays
edited by Gerald Dworkin
Mill's Utilitarianism: Critical Essays
edited by David Lyons
Plato's Republic: Critical Essays
edited by Richard Kraut
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Plato's Republic
Critical Essays
EDITED BY
RICHARD KRAUT
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.
Lanbam Boulder New York Oxford
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.
Published in the United States of America
by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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Copyright 1997 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Plato's Republic: critical essays/edited by Richard Kraut.
p. cm. (Critical essays on the classics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8476-8492-X (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-8476-8493-8 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Plato. Republic. I. Kraut, Richard, 1944- . II. Series.
JC71.P6.P53 1997
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ISBN 0-8476-8492-X (cloth: alk. paper)
ISBN 0-8476-8493-8 (pbk.: alk. paper)
Printed in the United States of America
Picture 10The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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Contents
Introduction
vii
Acknowledgments
xiii
1
A Fallacy in Plato's Republic
David Sachs
1
2
The Psychology of Justice in Plato
John M. Cooper
17
3
Plato's Totalitarianism
C.C.W. Taylor
31
4
The Analogy of City and Soul in Plato's Republic
Bernard Williams
49
5
Inside and Outside the Republic
Jonathan Lear
61
6
The Philosopher and the Female in the Political Thought of Plato
Arlene W. Saxonhouse
95
7
Was Plato a Feminist?
Gregory Vlastos
115
8
The Naked Old Women in the Palaestra
C.D.C. Reeve
129
9
Understanding and the Good: Sun, Line, and Cave
Julia Annas
143
10
The Sovereignty of Good (excerpt)
Iris Murdoch
169

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A Metaphysical Paradox
Gregory Vlastos
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