Blindness and reorientation : problems in Plato's Republic
Reeve, C. D. CAuthor
New York : Oxford University Press,
2013.
C.D.C. Reeve develops a powerful new account of the age-old argument over whether the just are happier than the unjust drawing from a new understanding of Plato's conception of philosophy.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
C.D.C. Reeve develops a powerful new account of the age-old argument over whether the just are happier than the unjust drawing from a new understanding of Plato's conception of philosophy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Human wisdom -- Alcibiades and the socratic craft of love -- Cephalus, Odysseus, and the importance of experience -- Glaucon's thrasymachean challenge -- Souls, soul-parts, and persons -- From beauty to goodness -- Education and the acquisition of knowledge -- Craft, dialectic, and the form of the good -- The happiness of the philosopher-kings.
Plato.
Political Science
Law, Politics & Government
Political Theory of the State