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Blindness and Reorientation
C.D.C. Reeve
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Description for Blindness and Reorientation
hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Are the just happier than the unjust? In Plato' s Republic, Thrasymachus argues that they aren't, that justice is simply the advantage of the stronger. Though Socrates apparently refutes him, Plato's brothers, Glaucon and Adeimantus, take up his argument anew, challenging Socrates to show them that justice really does better further happiness than injustice. The nature of this renewed challenge and the reason for it are hotly debated problems. Equally problematic is the question of whether Socrates succeeds in meeting the challenge in the crucial case of the philosopher-kings, whom he claims are happiest of all. Central to ... Read more
Are the just happier than the unjust? In Plato' s Republic, Thrasymachus argues that they aren't, that justice is simply the advantage of the stronger. Though Socrates apparently refutes him, Plato's brothers, Glaucon and Adeimantus, take up his argument anew, challenging Socrates to show them that justice really does better further happiness than injustice. The nature of this renewed challenge and the reason for it are hotly debated problems. Equally problematic is the question of whether Socrates succeeds in meeting the challenge in the crucial case of the philosopher-kings, whom he claims are happiest of all. Central to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
OUP USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199934430
SKU
KSG0034511
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99-1
About C.D.C. Reeve
C. D. C. Reeve is Delta Kappa Epsilon Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He works primarily on Plato and Aristotle, but is interested in philosophy generally and has published on film and on the philosophy of sex and love.
Reviews for Blindness and Reorientation
... it is evident that the book is full of first-rate Plato scholarship, and that its readers are more likely to be the specialist scholars ... Nevertheless, I have no doubt that this book deserves a place among books that all serious students of Plato should consultI am convinced, moreover, that Reeves love of the Republic, which has intensified over ... Read more