Plato and the city : a new introduction to Plato's political thought /
Plato and the City is a general introduction to Plato's political thought. It covers the main periods of Platonic thought, examining those dialogues that best show how Plato makes the city's unity the aim of politics and then makes the quest for that unity the aim of philosophy. From the p...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Exeter :
University of Exeter Press,
2002
Exeter : c2002 Exeter, Devon, UK : 2002 Exeter, UK : 2002 Exeter : 2002 |
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| Summary: | Plato and the City is a general introduction to Plato's political thought. It covers the main periods of Platonic thought, examining those dialogues that best show how Plato makes the city's unity the aim of politics and then makes the quest for that unity the aim of philosophy. From the psychological model (the city is like a great soul) to the physiological definition (the city is a living being), the reader can traverse the whole of Plato's oeuvre, and understand it as a political philosophy The book is designed to be an undergraduate textbook but will also be of interest to scholars. It is the first English translation of Platon et la cite, published in French by Presses Universitaires de France in 1997 as part of the series Philosophies, and offers English-speaking readers access to a more unifying continental European reading of Plato than is common in UK or North American scholarship |
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| Item Description: | First published as Platon et la cit'e in 1997 First published in French as Planton et la cité, by Presses Universitaires de France, 1997 This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC Translation of: Platon et la cité "First published in 1997 in French as Platon et la cité by Presses Universitaires de France"--T.p. verso "First published in 1997 in French as Platon et la cité by Presses Universitaires de France"--T.p. verso |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 181 p. ; 21 cm xvii, 181 p. ; 22 cm xvii, 181 pages ; 21 cm xvii, 181 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-175) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0859896536 0859896544 (PBK.) 0859896544 (pbk.) 0859896544 9780859896535 9780859896542 (pbk.) 9780859896542 |