City and soul in Plato's Republic /
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| Author / Creator: | Ferrari, G. R. F. (Giovanni R. F.) |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005. |
| Description: | 130 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7728983 |
| Summary: | Tracing a central theme of Plato's Republic , G. R. F. Ferrari reconsiders in this study the nature and purpose of the comparison between the structure of society and that of the individual soul. In four chapters, Ferrari examines the personalities and social status of the brothers Glaucon and Adeimantus, Plato's notion of justice, coherence in Plato's description of the decline of states, and the tyrant and the philosopher king--a pair who, in their different ways, break with the terms of the city-soul analogy.<br> <br> In addition to acknowledging familiar themes in the interpretation of the Republic --the sincerity of its utopianism, the justice of the philosopher's return to the Cave--Ferrari provocatively engages secondary literature by Leo Strauss, Bernard Williams, and Jonathan Lear. With admirable clarity and insight, Ferrari conveys the relation between the city and the soul and the choice between tyranny and philosophy. City and Soul in Plato's Republic will be of value to students of classics, philosophy, and political theory alike. |
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| Item Description: | "Lecturae Platonis March 1999, University of Macerata, Italy, Department of Philosophy and Humanities." Originally published: Sankt Augustin : Academia Verlag, 2003. |
| Physical Description: | 130 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226244377 9780226244372 |