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基本説明
This book is written with those coming to the text for the first time expressly in mind.
Full Description
Understanding Plato s Republic is an accessible introduction to the concepts of justice that inform Plato s Republic, elucidating the ancient philosopher's main argument that we would be better off leading just lives rather than unjust ones * Provides a much needed up to date discussion of The Republic's fundamental ideas and Plato's main argument * Discusses the unity and coherence of The Republic as a whole * Written in a lively style, informed by over 50 years of teaching experience * Reveals rich insights into a timeless classic that holds remarkable relevance to the modern world
Contents
Preface xi 1 Introduction: The Style, Main Argument, and Basic Ideas of the Republic 1 1 The Dialogue Style and the Characters 2 2 The Main Argument and Plot of the Republic 5 3 The Fundamental Ideas of the Republic 8 2 Is Justice the Interest of the Rulers? Is It Good for Us? The Challenge of Thrasymachus 15 1 Why does Thrasymachus Think that Justice is the Interest of the Rulers? 16 2 Socrates Refutations of Thrasymachus Premises 19 3 Is [the] Justice [of Thrasymachus] Good for Me? 24 4 Thrasymachus Unconvinced, Socrates Dissatisfied. What Has Gone Wrong? 31 3 Justice by Agreement. Is It Good Enough? The Challenge of Plato s Brothers 36 1 What is Justice? Glaucon s Theory of a Social Contract 36 2 Glaucon and Thrasymachus on what Justice is: Results and Methods 41 3 Why should I be Just? 44 4 What is a Just Society? Plato s own Social Ideal 55 1 What is Justice? Socrates Divides the Question 55 2 What is a Just Society? The Problem of Justice, and How Socrates Tries to Solve It 59 3 The Functional Theory of Good and Virtue 63 4 Plato s Defi nitions of Justice and the other Virtues of his Completely Good City 67 5 Return to Plato s Methods for Discovering Justice 71 5 Plato s Ideal of a Just and Good Person 76 1 The Analogy between a Just City and a Just Soul 77 2 Plato s Analysis of the Human Psyche 79 3 Parts of the Human Psyche: Faculties or Agents? 81 4 Just, Temperate, Brave, and Wise Human Souls 89 5 Plato s Ideal of Rationality 93 6 The Virtues and Vices of the City-soul Analogy 100 6 The Equality of Women: Plato s Blindfold 107 1 The Blindfold of Justice 107 2 Does Plato s Justice wear a Blindfold? 109 3 The Gender Blindfold of Plato s Justice 110 4 Was Plato an Advocate of Women s Rights? Was He a Feminist? 114 7 Knowledge and Governing Well: Opinions and Knowledge, Forms and the Good 120 1 Ideals as Standards and their Approximations 120 2 The Paradox of the Philosopher-king: Knowledge and Political Power 122 3 Knowledge and Opinions 124 4 Platonic Forms and Physical Particulars 127 5 Plato s Theory of the Form of the Good 137 6 Knowledge of Good 143 7 How Elitist is Plato s Completely Good City? 146 8 Plato s Criticisms of Democracy and the Democratic Character 158 1 Political Equalities and Economic Inequalities 159 2 Platonic Knowledge and Democratic Ruling 165 3 Plato s Criticisms of Democratic Freedoms 170 4 Plato s Democratic Character: Freedom and Equality in the Human Psyche 174 5 Plato s Criticisms of his Democratic Character 177 9 Plato s Defense of his Social and Psychic Justice 187 1 Is Plato s Social Justice Justice at all? 189 2 Is Plato s Political Justice Better for me than the Justice of Thrasymachus or the Justice of Plato s Brothers? 192 3 Is Plato s Political Justice Good for All the Citizens? 194 4 Plato s Defense of his Just Person: The Sachs Problem 202 5 The Defense of Justice as the Health of the Soul 208 6 The Defense of the Just Life as the Pleasantest 212 Bibliography 220 Index 227
