Plato: Political Philosophy

by Malcolm Schofield

Book Overview

Plato is the best known and most widely studied of all the ancient Greek philosophers. Malcolm Schofield, a leading scholar of ancient philosophy, offers a lucid and accessible guide to Plato's political thought, enormously influential and much discussed in the modern world as well as the ancient. Schofield discusses Plato's ideas on education, democracy and its shortcomings, the role of knowledge in government, utopia and the idea of community, money...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199249466
• ISBN13: 9780199249466
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"