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The Republic


The Republic


Crofts Classics 1. Aufl.

von: Plato, Eva T. H. Brann

10,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 26.08.2014
ISBN/EAN: 9781118822708
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 338

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This highly regarded volume features a modern translation of all ten books of <i>The Republic</i> along with a synoptic table of contents, a prefatory essay, and an appendix on The Spindle of Necessity by the translator and editor, Raymond Larson. Also included are an introduction by Eva T. H. Brann, a list of principal dates in the life of Plato, and a bibliography.
<p>Preface and background to the Republic xiii</p> <p>Introduction xxiii</p> <p>Principal Dates xlvii</p> <p><b>Current Opinions of Justice Refuted (Book 1) 1</b></p> <p>Introductory Dialogue (Socrates and Cephalus, 328c-331d) 2</p> <p>First Definition (Cephalus, 331a-d) 5</p> <p>Refutation (332c-335d) 6</p> <p>Third Definition (Thrasymachus, 338c-343a) 13</p> <p>Refutation (339b-e) 14</p> <p>Redefinition of Ruler (340d-341a) 15</p> <p>Refutation (341c-343a) 16</p> <p>New Argument (343a-348a) 18</p> <p>Refutations of (a): i) 345b-348a) 20</p> <p>Refutation of (b), 352d-354a 28</p> <p>Conclusion (354a-c) 30</p> <p><b>Justice Reexamined, in the State and in the Individual (Books 2-4) 31</b></p> <p>Adeimantus (362d-367e) 35</p> <p>The Problem Examined and Solved (368c-445e) 40</p> <p>Second State of the State (372d-427c) 44</p> <p>Elementary Education of the guardians (376c-415d) 48</p> <p>Gymnastics (physical education), 403c-412b 73</p> <p>Instilling and testing patriotism and leadership, 412c-415d 81</p> <p>Living arrangements of guardians and auxiliaries (415d-427c) 85</p> <p>Conclusion (427c-434d) 94</p> <p>Wisdom = the knowledge of the guardians (428a-429a) 95</p> <p>Courage = the auxiliaries’ opinion of “what is and is not to be feared” (429a-30c) 96</p> <p>Temperance = agreement of all three classes about who should rule and be ruled (430d-432b) 97</p> <p>Justice = each of the three classes “tending its own business” and not preempting the work of another (432b-434d) 99</p> <p>Composition of the Soul (434d-441c) 101</p> <p>Conclusion (441d-444e) 109</p> <p><b>Degeneration Regimes and Souls, Interrupted (445b-449a) 113</b></p> <p><b>Digression: The Best Regime and Men (Books 5-7) 114</b></p> <p>Organization of the Best Regime (451c-461e) 116</p> <p>Women and children will not be private possessions but common to all of the men. Marriage arrangements, eugenics (457c-461e) 122</p> <p>The Superiority and Possibility of Such a City (462a-473e) 126</p> <p>Excursus: regulations for warfare (466e-471c) 131</p> <p>Such a city is not impossible (471e-473c) 136</p> <p>Reminder that the best state is only a model, not completely realizable in practice (472b-473b). It is possible only if philosophers become kings or kings philosophers (473c-3), 138</p> <p>The Best Men: Philosopher Kings (Guardians), Book 5, 474b-Book 7 139</p> <p>The Philosophic Nature (485a-503e) 147</p> <p>Higher Education of the Guardians (504a-535a) 165</p> <p>The Simple of the Sun (506e-509b) 168</p> <p>The Simile of the Divided Line (509d-511e) 171</p> <p>The Simile of the Cave (514a-521b) 174</p> <p>Curriculum (521c-535a) 181</p> <p>Plane geometry, 526c-527c 186</p> <p>Harmonics, 530d-531c 190</p> <p>Selection of the Guardians (535a-540c) 195</p> <p>Brief Excursus (540d-541b) 200</p> <p><b>Degenerate Regimes and Souls, Resumed From Book 5 (Books 8 and 9) 201</b></p> <p>Cause of Change or Decline in a State: Civil War (545c-547c) 203</p> <p>Degenerate Regimes and Men, Described and Compared (547c-592b) 205</p> <p>Oilgarchy (rule of the wealthy few) and the oligarchic man (550c-555b) 208</p> <p>Democracy (rule of the people) and the democratic man (555b-562a) 213</p> <p>Tyranny (dictatorship) and the tyrannical man (562a-580a) 220</p> <p>The five types are judged for their goodness and happiness and ranked in the order in which they were presented: Aristocracy and the aristocratic man are the best and happiness; tyranny and the tyrant are the worst and most miserable (580a-588a) 237</p> <p>Conclusion: The aristocrat is just, the tyrant unjust. Therefore justice makes a man happy, injustice makes him unhappy (588b-592b) 247</p> <p><b>Denunciation of Imitative Poetry (Book 10, 595a-608b) 251</b></p> <p>Imitative poetry appeals to the emotions rather than to the mind (602c-605c) 259</p> <p>Imitative poetry deforms character (605c-608b) 263</p> <p><b>Immortality and the Rewards of Justice (608b-End) 265</b></p> <p>Rewards of Justice and Punishments of Injustice in This Life (612b-614a) 269</p> <p>Rewards and Punishments After Death (614a-621d) 271</p> <p>Appendix: The Spindle of Necessity 279</p> <p>Bibliography 283</p>
<p><b>Plato</b> was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the pivotal figure in the development of Western philosophy.</p> <p><b>Raymond Larson</b> is the translator of <i>The Republic</i>, published by Wiley.</p>

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