Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 261 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0253008824
,
0253008875
,
0253008913
,
1299608167
,
9780253008824
,
9780253008879
,
9780253008916
,
9781299608160
Series Statement:
Studies in Continental Thought
Content:
"By focusing on the immortal character of the soul in key Platonic dialogues, Sara Brill shows how Plato thought of the soul as remarkably flexible, complex, and indicative of the inner workings of political life and institutions. As she explores the character of the soul, Brill reveals the corrective function that law and myth serve. If the soul is limitless, she claims, then the city must serve a regulatory or prosthetic function and prop up good political institutions against the threat of the soul's excess. Brill's sensitivity to dramatic elements and discursive strategies in Plato's dialogues illuminates the intimate connection between city and soul."--Provided by publisher
Content:
Acknowledgments; introduction; Part I. Phaedo; 1 Socratic Prothumia; 2 The Body-like Soul; 3 Psychic Geography; Part II. Republic; 4 City and Soul; 5 Psychic Fragmentation; 6 Philosophy in the City; 7 Politics and Immortality; Part III. Laws; 8 Psychology for Legislators; 9 Psychology for the Legislated; 10 Psychic Excess; notes; Works Cited; index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253008824
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253008879
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0253008875
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Brill, Sara Plato on the limits of human life Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Language:
English
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