ISBN:
0253108799
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0253339952
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0253214858
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9780253214850
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9780253339959
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9780253108791
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 249 p
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24 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2002 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
Series Statement:
Studies in continental thought
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Print version Of myth, life, and war in Plato's Republic
DDC:
321.07
Keywords:
Plato.
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Plato
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Plato
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Plato.
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Plato
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Republic (Plato)
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War in literature.
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient
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War in literature
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War in literature
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Philosophy, Ancient
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War in literature.
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Philosophy, Ancient
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War in literature
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Political Science
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Law, Politics & Government
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Political Theory of the State
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; General
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Politische Philosophie
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books
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Plato v427-v347 Res publica
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Politische Philosophie
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Plato v427-v347 Res publica
Abstract:
"Baracchi has identified pivotal points around which the Republic operates; this allows a reading of the entire text to unfold.... a very beautifully written book." -- Walter Brogan "... a work that opens new and timely vistas within the Republic.... Her approach... is thorough and rigorous." -- John Sallis Although Plato's Republic is perhaps the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy, Claudia Baracchi finds that the work remains obscure and enigmatic. To fully understand and appreciate its meaning, she argues, we must attend to what its original language discloses. Through a close reading of the Greek text, attentive to the pervasiveness of story and myth, Baracchi investigates the dialogue's major themes. The first part of the book addresses issues of generation, reproduction, and decay as they apply to the founding of Socrates' just city. The second part takes up the connection between war and the cycle of life, employing a thorough analysis of Plato's rendition of the myth of Er. Baracchi shows that the Republic is concerned throughout with the complex but intertwined issues of life and war, locating the site of this tangled web of growth and destruction in the mythical dimension of the Platonic city
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-240) and indexes
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Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2002
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