City and Soul in Plato's Republic

by G.R.F. Ferrari

Book Overview

Tracing a central theme of Plato's Republic, G. R. F. Ferrari reconsiders in this study the nature and purpose of the comparison between the structure of society and that of the individual soul. In four chapters, Ferrari examines the personalities and social status of the brothers Glaucon and Adeimantus, Plato's notion of justice, coherence in Plato's description of the decline of states, and the tyrant and the philosopher king--a pair who,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226244377
• ISBN13: 9780226244372
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.5"