Kevin Crotty

The City-State of the Soul (eBook, ePUB)

Constituting the Self in Plato's Republic

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The City-State of the Soul: Self-Constitution in Plato's Republicexplores Plato's idea that the moral life consists in the founding of one's own soul. This insight is central to the long argument of the Republic and, in particular, to the complex relation between the city and the human soul. This fruitful picture of the moral life, however, has not received the attention it deserves. As Kevin M. Crotty argues, Plato's distinctive insight is that justice is above all a creative force. Plato presents justice not as a relation amongst fully formed individuals, but rather as the quality that galvanizes a diverse welter of disparate parts into a coherent entity (above all, a soul or a city). Justice, then, is the virtue most closely associated with being-the source of its philosophical stature. Plato presents a conception of justice meant to impress the young, bright and ambitious as a noble pursuit, and a task worthy of their best talents. The City-State of the Soul is written for anyone interested in the Republic, including but not limited to students and scholars of ancient philosophy, political philosophy, ethics, and ancient Greek literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498534628
• Artikelnr.: 45070977

Autorenporträt

Kevin Crotty is professor of foreign languages at Washington and Lee University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Why Is Thrasymachus So Angry?
Chapter Two: Genealogies of Justice
Chapter Three: Utopia and Its Founder
Chapter Four: Philosophy and the Founder's Perspective
Chapter Five: Why the Philosophers Will Govern
Introduction to Part Two
Chapter Six: The Soul and its Parts (I)
Chapter Seven: The Soul and its Parts (II)
Chapter Eight: Justice and Action
Chapter Nine: Freedom
Bibliography