A companion to Plato's Republic /Nicholas P. White.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, (c)1979.Description: viii, 275 pages. ; 24 cmContent type:
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  • JC71 .C667 1979
  • JC71
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Contents:
Section 2: The argument of the republic -- Section 3: The theory of forms and the form of the good -- Section 4: The structure of the ethical theory of the Republic -- Section 5: The structure of Plato's ethical theory contrasted to certain modern theories -- Section 6: A brief assessment of Plato's ethical theory.
Book II -- Book III -- Book IV -- Book V -- Book Virgin Islands -- Book Virgin IslandsI -- Book Virgin IslandsII -- Book IX -- Book X.
Subject: A step by step, passage by passage analysis of the complete Republic. White shows how the argument of the book is articulated, the important interconnections among its elements, and the coherent and carefully developed train of though which motivates its complex philosophical reasoning. In his extensive introduction, White describes Plato's aims, introduces the argument, and discusses the major philosophical and ethical theories embodied in the Republic. He then summarizes each of its ten books and provides substantial explanatory and interpretive notes.
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Introduction

Summary of the republic (with explanatory and interpretative notes)

Section 1: Plato's aims - the problem of duty and interest -- Section 2: The argument of the republic -- Section 3: The theory of forms and the form of the good -- Section 4: The structure of the ethical theory of the Republic -- Section 5: The structure of Plato's ethical theory contrasted to certain modern theories -- Section 6: A brief assessment of Plato's ethical theory.

Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- Book IV -- Book V -- Book Virgin Islands -- Book Virgin IslandsI -- Book Virgin IslandsII -- Book IX -- Book X.

A step by step, passage by passage analysis of the complete Republic. White shows how the argument of the book is articulated, the important interconnections among its elements, and the coherent and carefully developed train of though which motivates its complex philosophical reasoning. In his extensive introduction, White describes Plato's aims, introduces the argument, and discusses the major philosophical and ethical theories embodied in the Republic. He then summarizes each of its ten books and provides substantial explanatory and interpretive notes.

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