Plato's Threefold City and Soul
Seiten
2020
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-316-62133-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-316-62133-2 (ISBN)
In Plato's Three-fold City and Soul, Joshua I. Weinstein explains the Republic's theory of a tripartite soul and the place of fighting spirit within it, arguing that spirited ambition and competition play an essential role in rational agency. Ideal for scholars and advanced students of ancient political philosophy and ethics.
Plato's 'Republic' constructs an ideal city composed of three parts, parallel to the soul's reason, appetites, and fighting spirit. But confusion and controversy have long surrounded this three-way division and especially the prominent role it assigns to angry and competitive spirit. In Plato's Three-fold City and Soul, Joshua I. Weinstein argues that, for Plato, determination and fortitude are not just expressions of our passionate or emotional natures, but also play an essential role in the rational agency of persons and polities. In the Republic's account, human life requires spirited courage as much as reasoned thought and nutritious food. The discussion ranges over Plato's explication of the logical and metaphysical foundations of justice and injustice, the failures of incomplete and dysfunctional cities, and the productive synergy of our tendencies and capacities that becomes fully evident only in the justice of a self-sufficient political community.
Plato's 'Republic' constructs an ideal city composed of three parts, parallel to the soul's reason, appetites, and fighting spirit. But confusion and controversy have long surrounded this three-way division and especially the prominent role it assigns to angry and competitive spirit. In Plato's Three-fold City and Soul, Joshua I. Weinstein argues that, for Plato, determination and fortitude are not just expressions of our passionate or emotional natures, but also play an essential role in the rational agency of persons and polities. In the Republic's account, human life requires spirited courage as much as reasoned thought and nutritious food. The discussion ranges over Plato's explication of the logical and metaphysical foundations of justice and injustice, the failures of incomplete and dysfunctional cities, and the productive synergy of our tendencies and capacities that becomes fully evident only in the justice of a self-sufficient political community.
Joshua I. Weinstein is a Senior Fellow at the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem.
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Injustice as opposition of characters: 1. Opposition yields bipartition; 2. The argument from character; 3. Opposition of characters; 4. Interim conclusions; Part II. Justice as Function in City and Soul: 5. Preliminaries and foreshadowing; 6. The city seeks self-sufficiency; 7. Economics, technê and the market; 8. Luxury and art; 9. War; 10. The guards; 11. Language, education and reason; 12. Philosopher-kings; 13. Justice as threefold function in the soul; Part III. Thumos and Control through Time: 14. Preventing indulgence; 15. Thumotic work; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike |
| ISBN-10 | 1-316-62133-2 / 1316621332 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-316-62133-2 / 9781316621332 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
