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Plato on Justice and Power: Reading Book 1 of Plato’s Republic
Kimon Lycos
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Description for Plato on Justice and Power: Reading Book 1 of Plato’s Republic
paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Book 1 of Plato's Republic is often treated as a merely negative prelude to the theory of justice presented in the main body of that book. This study argues that, though an introduction to later ideas, Book 1 has its own positive theme and function: to press for the acceptance of a certain perspective on justice that is opposed to conventional interpretations of it. This perspective requires that justice be seen as 'internal' to the power human beings have to render things (including themselves and their societies) good. The analysis of Plato's dramatic characterisation, as well as the discussion of ... Read more
Book 1 of Plato's Republic is often treated as a merely negative prelude to the theory of justice presented in the main body of that book. This study argues that, though an introduction to later ideas, Book 1 has its own positive theme and function: to press for the acceptance of a certain perspective on justice that is opposed to conventional interpretations of it. This perspective requires that justice be seen as 'internal' to the power human beings have to render things (including themselves and their societies) good. The analysis of Plato's dramatic characterisation, as well as the discussion of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349084876
SKU
V9781349084876
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