Understanding Plato's Republic / Gerasimos Santas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The Style, Main Argument, and Basic Ideas of the Republic -- 1 The Dialogue Style and the Characters -- 2 The Main Argument and Plot of the Republic -- 3 The Fundamental Ideas of the Republic -- 2 Is Justice the Interest of the Rulers? Is It Good for Us? The Challenge of Thrasymachus -- 1 Why does Thrasymachus Think that Justice is the Interest of the Rulers? -- 2 Socrates8217; Refutations of Thrasymachus8217; Premises -- 3 Is [the] Justice [of Thrasymachus] Good for Me? -- 4 Thrasymachus Unconvinced, Socrates Dissatisfied. What Has Gone Wrong? -- 3 Justice by Agreement. Is It Good Enough? The Challenge of Plato8217;s Brothers -- 1 What is Justice? Glaucon8217;s Theory of a Social Contract -- 2 Glaucon and Thrasymachus on what Justice is: Results and Methods -- 3 Why should I be Just? -- 4 What is a Just Society? Plato8217;s own Social Ideal -- 1 What is Justice? Socrates Divides the Question -- 2 What is a Just Society? The Problem of Justice, and How Socrates Tries to Solve It -- 3 The Functional Theory of Good and Virtue -- 4 Plato8217;s Defi nitions of Justice and the other Virtues of his Completely Good City -- 5 Return to Plato8217;s Methods for Discovering Justice -- 5 Plato8217;s Ideal of a Just and Good Person -- 1 The Analogy between a Just City and a Just Soul -- 2 Plato8217;s Analysis of the Human Psyche -- 3 Parts of the Human Psyche: Faculties or Agents? -- 4 Just, Temperate, Brave, and Wise Human Souls -- 5 Plato8217;s Ideal of Rationality -- 6 The Virtues and Vices of the City-soul Analogy -- 6 The Equality of Women: Plato8217;s Blindfold -- 1 The Blindfold of Justice -- 2 Does Plato8217;s Justice wear a Blindfold? -- 3 The Gender Blindfold of Plato8217;s Justice -- 4 Was Plato an Advocate of Women8217;s Rights? Was He a Feminist? -- 7 Knowledge and Governing Well: Opinions and Knowledge, Forms and the Good -- 1 Ideals as Standards and their Approximations -- 2 The Paradox of the Philosopher-king: Knowledge and Political Power -- 3 Knowledge and Opinions -- 4 Platonic Forms and Physical Particulars -- 5 Plato8217;s Theory of the Form of the Good -- 6 Knowledge of Good -- 7 How Elitist is Plato8217;s Completely Good City? -- 8 Plato8217;s Criticisms of Democracy and the Democratic Character -- 1 Political Equalities and Economic Inequalities -- 2 Platonic Knowledge and Democratic Ruling -- 3 Plato8217;s Criticisms of Democratic Freedoms -- 4 Plato8217;s Democratic Character: Freedom and Equality in the Human Psyche -- 5 Plato8217;s Criticisms of his Democratic Character -- 9 Plato8217;s Defense of his Social and Psychic Justice -- 1 Is Plato8217;s Social Justice Justice at all? -- 2 Is Plato8217;s Political Justice Better for me than the Justice of Thrasymachus or the Justice of Plato8217;s Brothers? -- 3 Is Plato8217;s Political Justice Good for All the Citizens? -- 4 Plato8217;s Defense of his Just Person: The Sachs Problem -- 5 The Defense of Justice as the Health of the Soul -- 6 The Defense of the Just Life as the Pleasantest -- Bibliography -- Index.

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