Plato and the City: A New Introduction to Plato's Political Thought

by Jean-François Pradeau

Book Overview

Plato and the City is a general introduction to Plato's political thought. It covers the main periods of Platonic thought, examining those dialogues that best show how Plato makes the city's unity the aim of politics and then makes the quest for that unity the aim of philosophy. From the psychological model (the city is like a great soul) to the physiological definition (the city is a living being), the reader can traverse the whole of Plato's oeuvre,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859896544
• ISBN13: 9780859896542
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.2"