Plato's Republic : a study /
"Treating the Republic as a unity and focusing on the dramatic form as the presentation of the argument, Stanley Rosen contends that one can understand the Republic neither as a straightforward proposal for the best city nor as a cryptic repudiation of the principles upon which Socrates constru...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
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| Summary: | "Treating the Republic as a unity and focusing on the dramatic form as the presentation of the argument, Stanley Rosen contends that one can understand the Republic neither as a straightforward proposal for the best city nor as a cryptic repudiation of the principles upon which Socrates constructs that city. Rosen shows in detail that the Socratic principles, despite their theoretical attractiveness, could not be enacted in actual political associations, and that the attempt to do so leads sooner or later to the replacement of philosophy by ideology and justice by tyranny. There is not resolution of the split between theory and practice, even in theory. Rosen takes up in detail the technical doctrines proposed by Socrates in the Republic and shows how they are calibrated to sustain the demonstration of the instability of politics."--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | "Published with assistance from the Louis Stern Memorial Fund"--Title page verso EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 423 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-403) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300129502 0300129505 0300109628 9780300109627 1281730319 9781281730312 9786611730314 6611730311 |
