Ethics, politics, religion, and the soul
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Ethics, politics, religion, and the soul
（Oxford readings in philosophy, . Plato ; 2）
Oxford University Press, 1999
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Plato 2
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Bibliography: p. [453]-462
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Description
The aim of the series is to bring together important recent writing in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly. The editor of each volume contributes an introductory essay on the items chosen and on the questions with which they deal. A selective bibliography is appended as a guide to further reading.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Socrates and Democracy
- 2. Socratic Piety
- 3. The Unity of Virtue
- 4. Happiness and Virtue in Socrates' Moral Theory
- 5. The Individual as Object of Love in Plato
- 6. Republic II: Objections to Justice
- 7. Plato's Theory of Human Motivation
- 8. Plato's Defense of Justice
- 9. Return to the Cave: Republic 519-521
- 10. The Analogy of City and Soul in Plato's Republic
- 11. Plato's Republic and Feminism
- 12. Plato's Totalitarianism
- 13. Utopia and Fantasy: The Practicability of Plato's Ideally Just City
- 14. The Idea of Godlikeness
- 15. Plato's Theory of Human Good in the Philebus
- 16. Rumplestiltskin's Pleasures: True and False Pleasures in Plato's Philebus
- 17. Persuasion, Compulsion, and Freedom in Plato's Laws
- 18. The Soul and Immortality
- 19. Immortality and the Nature of the Soul in the Phaedrus
- Notes on the Contributors
- Selected Bibliography
- Index of Names
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