Plato's Cleitophon
On Socrates and the Modern Mind
Seiten
2004
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-0818-5 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-0818-5 (ISBN)
The Cleitophon has recently been discovered to be Plato's dialogue introducingThe Republic. In this volume of essays, Editor, Translator, and Author Mark Kremer introduces seminal work that understands The Cleitophon as an ancient discussion of what scholars today refer to as posthumanism and postmodernism.
It had been thought that theCleitophon was a spurious dialogue. Its brevity and the fact that Socrates does not respond to accusations from Cleitophon suggested to scholars that it was only a fragment. However, in the last fifteen years, the complete and authentic dialogue was rediscovered. Upon its discovery, scholars have almost universally agreed that the Cleitophon is the introduction to Plato'sRepublic. In Plato's Cleitophon: On Socrates and the Modern Mind editor, translator, and author, Mark Kremer, has mined some of the best scholarship on the relationship of Plato's Cleitophon and its relationship to modern thought. It is the contention of the editor that the Cleitophon, is an ancient example of the psychic, social, cultural, and moral strain that is put upon the citizens of a republic when their society begins to erode on all fronts. This work has the potential to afford readers an ancient perspective on ourselves by showing us how we appear in Plato's mind. It should be read by anyone who has ever read Plato'sRepublic; as well as anyone who is concerned about the social, psychic, cultural, and moral effects of postmodernity and globalization.
It had been thought that theCleitophon was a spurious dialogue. Its brevity and the fact that Socrates does not respond to accusations from Cleitophon suggested to scholars that it was only a fragment. However, in the last fifteen years, the complete and authentic dialogue was rediscovered. Upon its discovery, scholars have almost universally agreed that the Cleitophon is the introduction to Plato'sRepublic. In Plato's Cleitophon: On Socrates and the Modern Mind editor, translator, and author, Mark Kremer, has mined some of the best scholarship on the relationship of Plato's Cleitophon and its relationship to modern thought. It is the contention of the editor that the Cleitophon, is an ancient example of the psychic, social, cultural, and moral strain that is put upon the citizens of a republic when their society begins to erode on all fronts. This work has the potential to afford readers an ancient perspective on ourselves by showing us how we appear in Plato's mind. It should be read by anyone who has ever read Plato'sRepublic; as well as anyone who is concerned about the social, psychic, cultural, and moral effects of postmodernity and globalization.
Mark Kremer is Assistant Professor of Social Science at Boston University.
Part 1 PART 1 Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Note on Translation Chapter 4 Cleitophon Chapter 5 Interpretive Essay: Socratic Philosophy and the Cleitophon Part 6 PART 2 Chapter 7 The Riddle of the Cleitophon 8 On the Cleitophon 9 Socratic Teaching and Justice: Plato's Clitophon
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.4.2004 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Applications of Political Theory |
| Co-Autor | Jan H. Blits, Clifford Orwin, David Roochnik |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 159 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7391-0818-2 / 0739108182 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-0818-5 / 9780739108185 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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