Plato&#39;s Republic: A Study

Stanley Rosen

Published by Yale University Press 2008

Plato's Republic

A Study

Stanley Rosen

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300129502

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About this book

In this book a distinguished philosopher offers a comprehensive interpretation of Plato’s most controversial dialogue. Treating the Republic as a unity and focusing on the dramatic form as the presentation of the argument, Stanley Rosen challenges earlier analyses of the Republic (including the ironic reading of Leo Strauss and his disciples) and argues that the key to understanding the dialogue is to grasp the author’s intention in composing it, in particular whether Plato believed that the city constructed in the Republic is possible and desirable.

Rosen demonstrates that the fundamental principles underlying the just city are theoretically attractive but that the attempt to enact them in practice leads to conceptual incoherence and political disaster. The Republic, says Rosen, is a vivid illustration of the irreconcilability of philosophy and political practice.

Author / Editor information

Stanley Rosen is Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy and University Professor at Boston University. His previous books include The Elusiveness of the Ordinary and Hermeneutics as Politics, both published by Yale University Pre

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One
1. Cephalus and Polemarchus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Thrasymachus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
3. Glaucon and Adeimantus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Part Two
4. Paideia I: The Luxurious City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5. Paideia II: The Purged City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6. Justice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
7. The Female Drama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Part Three
8. Possibility Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
9. The Philosophical Nature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
10. The Good, the Divided Line, and the Cave: The Education of the Philosopher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Part Four
11. Political Decay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
12. Happiness and Pleasure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
13. The Quarrel between Philosophy and Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	352
14. The Immortal Soul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	389
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 432
Illustrations
- Other: 0

eBook

Published: October 1, 2008
ISBN: 9780300129502