Buch, Englisch, 656 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 986 g
His Later Ethics and Politics
Buch, Englisch, 656 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 986 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-927410-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford
Plato's Utopia Recast is an illuminating reappraisal of Plato's later works, which reveals radical changes in his ethical and political theory.
Christopher Bobonich argues that in these works Plato both rethinks and revises important positions which he held in his better-known earlier works such as the Republic and the Phaedo. Bobonich analyses Plato's shift from a deeply pessimistic view of non-philosophers in the Republic, where he held that only philosophers were capable of virtue and happiness, to his far more optimistic position in the Laws, where he holds that the constitution and laws of his ideal city of Magnesia would allow all citizens to achieve a truly good life. Bobonich sheds light on how this and other highly significant changes in Plato's views are grounded in changes in his psychology and epistemology.
This book will change our understanding of Plato. His controversial moral and political theory, so influential in Western thought, will henceforth be seen in a new light.
Zielgruppe
Scholars and students of ancient philosophy, and the history of moral and political philosophy.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Current Affairs
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politikberatung
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
- 1: Philosophers and non-philosophers in the Phaedo and Republic
- 2: Virtue, good, and happiness in the Laws
- 3: Parts of the soul and the psychology of virtue
- 4: Parts of the soul and non-rational motivations
- 5: The Citizens of Magnesia
- References, Index
