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Plato And The City: A New Introduction to Plato's Political Thought (CLASSICAL STUDIES AND ANCIENT HISTORY)
Jean-François Pradeau|Janet Lloyd
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paperback. Offers an introduction to Plato's political thought. This title covers the main periods of Platonic thought, examining those dialogues that show how Plato makes the city's unity the aim of politics and then makes the quest for that unity the aim of philosophy. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 136 x 205 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Plato and the City is a general introduction to Plato's political thought. It covers the main periods of Platonic thought, examining those dialogues that best show how Plato makes the city's unity the aim of politics and then makes the quest for that unity the aim of philosophy. From the psychological model (the city is like a great soul) to the physiological definition (the city is a living being), the reader can traverse the whole of Plato's oeuvre, and understand it as a political philosophy. The book is designed to be an undergraduate textbook but will also be of interest to scholars. It is the first English translation of Platon et la cité, published in French by Presses Universitaires de France in 1997 as part of the series Philosophies, and offers English-speaking readers access to a more unifying continental European reading of Plato than is common in UK or North American scholarship.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859896542
SKU
KSG0037550
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Ref
99-1
About Jean-François Pradeau|Janet Lloyd
Jean-François Pradeau teaches the history of ancient philosophy at the University of Paris-X, Nanterre and previously taught philosophy at the Universities of Bordeaux and Strasbourg. Janet Lloyd is the best-known translator of French studies of the Classics in the UK. Her translations include works by leading French scholars Luc Brisson, Claude Mossé and Jean-Pierre Vernant
Reviews for Plato And The City: A New Introduction to Plato's Political Thought (CLASSICAL STUDIES AND ANCIENT HISTORY)
... a useful introduction for students ...
Oxbow Book News 5, Spring
Although discernibly radical in its approach, it is an accessible volume designed for students and general readers: Pradeau summarises the relevant dialogues, transliterates Greek terms, and translates all passages quoted.
JACT Review, vol. 33
... concise, articulate and persuasive.
JACT Review, vol. 33
... accessible and concise... Pradeau’s book is valuable because it offers a different way into Plato’s political thought than the tired question of Plato’s totalitarianism.
Polis, Vol. 20 nos. 1 & 2
Oxbow Book News 5, Spring
Although discernibly radical in its approach, it is an accessible volume designed for students and general readers: Pradeau summarises the relevant dialogues, transliterates Greek terms, and translates all passages quoted.
JACT Review, vol. 33
... concise, articulate and persuasive.
JACT Review, vol. 33
... accessible and concise... Pradeau’s book is valuable because it offers a different way into Plato’s political thought than the tired question of Plato’s totalitarianism.
Polis, Vol. 20 nos. 1 & 2