Politics, Money, and Persuasion: Democracy and Opinion in Plato's Republic

by John Russon

Book Overview

In Politics, Money, and Persuasion, distinguished philosopher John Russon offers a new framework for interpreting Plato's The Republic. For Russon, Plato's work is about the distinctive nature of what it is to be a human being and, correspondingly, what is distinctive about the nature of human society. Russon focuses on the realities of our everyday experience to come to profoundly insightful assessments of our human realities: the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253057671
• ISBN13: 9780253057679
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher