Plato's Republic : a biography / Simon Blackburn.
Material type: TextSeries: Books that changed the world (New York, N.Y.)Publication details: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2007.Edition: 1st American edDescription: x, 181 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 087113957X
- 9780871139573
- JC71.P6 B57 2007
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Originally published: London : Atlantic Books, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-170) and index.
1. Convention and amoralism -- 2. Might and right -- 3. The ring of Gyges -- 4. The analogy -- 5. The elite and the artist -- 6. Glaucon's challenge -- 7. The man of spirit -- 8. Specialization -- 9. Knowledge and belief -- 10. The myth of the cave -- 12. The poetic interpretation -- 13. The scientific interpretation -- 14. Disorderly cities ; disorderly people -- 15. The exile of the poets -- 16. The farewell myth.