Plato and the City

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-89665-492-2
Verlag: Academia

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, broschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 242 g

Plato's political philosophy is one of the most controversial facets of ancient thought. Because of its wide influence on the political thought of the last century, most of Plato's ideas are still under debate and he is seen either as the origin of totalitarian movements or as the predecessor of the current rule of law and the father of western democracy.

If the evaluation of Plato's different political proposals has been the object of contradictory interpretations, his own appreciation of the existing political systems creates a matter of many historical debates, too. This volume treats different aspects of Plato's conflicting relationship to the city-state.

It presents original approaches to Plato's reflections on the city and his problems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cornelli, Gabriele

Lisi, Francisco L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Francisco Lisi, Professor of Greek Philosophy at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and director of the Instituto de Estudios Clásicos Lucio Anneo Séneca and of the Nomos Research Group on Classical political Philosophy and coordinator of the European Net Collegium Politicum. He has published more than 150 contributions on ancient philosophy and related subjects, especially, Plato, Aristotle and the history of Platonism.
Gabriele Cornelli, Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Brasilia University (Brazil), is also President of the Brazilian Plato Society and of the Archai Research Group, and Editor of Revista Archai and Archai Series.