War Lover Study of Platos Repu: A Study of Plato's Republic

by Leon Harold Craig

Book Overview

This new examination of the Republic begins with questions ignored by most students of this famous and much-studied dialogue. Why is Plato's most extensive portrait of philosophy pervaded with the language and imagery of war? Why is a discussion supposedly about justice almost entirely about how to educate natural warriors? Why must the philosopher-kings of Kallipolis be first of all 'champions of war'? Why is the supposedly 'feminine drama' of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802079423
• ISBN13: 9780802079428
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher