The Blackwell guide to Plato's Republic

The Blackwell guide to Plato's Republic [electronic resource] / edited by Gerasimos Santas. - Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006. - ix, 292 p. ; 26 cm. - Blackwell guides to great works. . - Blackwell guides to great works. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-284) and index.

The literary and philosophical style of the Republic / Christopher Rowe -- Allegory and myth in Plato's Republic / Jonathan Lear -- Socrates' refutation of Thrasymachus / Rachel Barney -- Plato's challenge : the case against justice in Republic II / Christopher Shields -- The gods and piety of Plato's Republic / Mark L. McPherran -- Plato on learning to love beauty / Gabriel Richardson Lear -- Methods of reasoning about justice in Plato's Republic / Gerasimos Santas -- The analysis of the soul in Plato's Republic / Hendrik Lorenz -- The divided soul and desire for the good in Plato's Republic / Mariana Anagnostopoulos -- Plato and the ship of state / David Keyt -- Knowledge, recollection, and the forms in Republic VII / Michael T. Ferejohn -- The forms in the Republic / Terry Penner -- Plato's defense of justice in the Republic / Rachel G.K. Singpurwalla.


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