Platos Ideal Society

  platos ideal society: Women and the Ideal Society Natalie Harris Bluestone, 1987 In Book V of Plato's Republic, Socrates proposed that in an ideal society the most capable men and women must rule together equally. But as Natalie Harris Bluestone demonstrates in this cogent study, for generations the most influential classicists, historians of philosophy, and political theorists have ignored or rejected the idea of Philosopher Queens--of women serving as equal partners in the guiding of a just society. She also argues that in recent years many feminist writers, while correcting previous misconceptions, have allowed their sexual politics to distort their discussion of Plato's text. In confronting both male and female biases, Bluestone addresses some of the most debated issues of our time. She questions whether women have special qualities that make them naturally better or worse equipped for leadership than men, arguing convincingly against sociobiological views of gender differences. In defending the predominance of reason as the arbiter of excellence and the key to justice, she offers a spirited critique of current feminist theory. Her writing is personal, sometimes humorous, and yet rigorously analytic, as she reveals the difficulties inherent in philosophical discussions involving gender, the prevalence in the academy of discrimination against women, and the continuing importance of the issues Plato raised in the Republic.
  platos ideal society: Plato on Women Harald Haarmann, 2016-03 Plato (ca. 427- ca. 347 BCE), the preeminent Greek philosopher, has been extensively studied. A major field of Plato's comprehensive work is his political philosophy, which is multifaceted and multidimensional. The discourse on gender issues forms an integral part of it. In this context, one is surprised to notice that Plato's elaborations have been interpreted in quite contrasting ways. In some feminist discussions of classical philosophy, Plato's intellectual enterprise is evaluated as reflecting Greek male chauvinism. Such identification carries all manner of stereotyping, and this is neither enlightening nor helpful for an overall understanding of Plato's teachings and his world of ideas. In the scholarly literature, one can make the surprising discovery that Plato's contribution to the understanding of gender roles in society slips the attention of authors who specialize in this topic. Plato was neither feminist in the modern sense nor a sexist. Plato was not a liberal thinker, and he did not take the initiative to make a case for women's liberties. And yet, he elaborates amply on issues of what is subsumed under women's liberation in our time: What else would we call a philosopher who, under the conditions of Greek society in the classical age, advocated for the participation of women in sports competitions and approved of the access of women to public offices, even to political leadership? In this study, priority lies in reconstructing Plato's ideas on women's roles viewed against the zeitgeist of gender issues in Greek society of classical antiquity. The analysis shows that Plato's speculations about gender and gender issues in an ideal society were nothing short of revolutionary. Plato on Women is a major contribution to political philosophy and gender studies as well as an important book for collections of Plato's works and scholarly literature focusing on this philosopher.
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  platos ideal society: An Introduction to Plato's Republic Julia Annas, 1982
  platos ideal society: Utopia and the Ideal Society J. C. Davis, 1983-07-28 This text provides a major study for all those working in the fields of 16th- and 17th-century political and social thought.
  platos ideal society: The Republic By Plato, 2019-06-15 The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BCE, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man. The dramatic date of the dialogue has been much debated and though it must take place some time during the Peloponnesian War, there would be jarring anachronisms if any of the candidate specific dates between 432 and 404 were assigned. It is Plato's best-known work and has proven to be one of the most intellectually and historically influential works of philosophy and political theory. In it, Socrates along with various Athenians and foreigners discuss the meaning of justice and examine whether or not the just man is happier than the unjust man by considering a series of different cities coming into existence in speech, culminating in a city (Kallipolis) ruled by philosopher-kings; and by examining the nature of existing regimes. The participants also discuss the theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the roles of the philosopher and of poetry in society.
  platos ideal society: The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic Giovanni R. F. Ferrari, 2007 This book provides a fresh and comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general.
  platos ideal society: Plato's Ideal of the Common Good Harald Haarmann, 2017 This study documents various historical instances in the development of the concept «Common Good». The author reflects about Plato's theory of Forms, which is infused with the idea of good, as the first principle of being. Plato was not the first philosopher to address the theme of the Common Good although he was the first to construct a political theory around it. This theme has remained a central agenda for philosophers throughout the ages
  platos ideal society: Aristotle Jonathan Lear, 1988
  platos ideal society: An Evaluation of Plato's Ideal State Oluwafemi Bolarfinwa, 2011-12 Scientific Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 1.0, University of Lagos, language: English, abstract: This work is an attempt to undertake an evaluation of Plato's ideal state. It argues the position that there is a need to realign Plato's ideal State to embrace the contemporary realities of today without negating its goal for a transformed society brought about by transformative leadership. Plato posit that the human race will have no respite from evils until those who are really philosophers acquire political power or until, through some divine dispensation, those who rule and have political authority in the cities become real philosophers. Plato came to the conclusion that all existing governments were bad and almost beyond redemption thus he theorized for an ideal State. The ideal state, according to Plato, is composed of three classes. The economic structure of the state is maintained by the merchant class. Security needs are met by the military class, and political leadership is provided by the philosopher-kings. In an attempt to re-evaluate Plato's ideal state, this work re-emphasized the relevance of transformative leadership as a necessary tool for societal good and transformation. It urges for the adoption of the relevant areas of Plato's concept of an ideal State anchored on the prevailing need and realities of the contemporary society.
  platos ideal society: The Just City Jo Walton, 2015-01-13 Here in the Just City you will become your best selves. You will learn and grow and strive to be excellent. Created as an experiment by the time-traveling goddess Pallas Athene, the Just City is a planned community, populated by over ten thousand children and a few hundred adult teachers from all eras of history, along with some handy robots from the far human future—all set down together on a Mediterranean island in the distant past. The student Simmea, born an Egyptian farmer's daughter sometime between 500 and 1000 A.D, is a brilliant child, eager for knowledge, ready to strive to be her best self. The teacher Maia was once Ethel, a young Victorian lady of much learning and few prospects, who prayed to Pallas Athene in an unguarded moment during a trip to Rome—and, in an instant, found herself in the Just City with grey-eyed Athene standing unmistakably before her. Meanwhile, Apollo—stunned by the realization that there are things mortals understand better than he does—has arranged to live a human life, and has come to the City as one of the children. He knows his true identity, and conceals it from his peers. For this lifetime, he is prone to all the troubles of being human. Then, a few years in, Sokrates arrives—the same Sokrates recorded by Plato himself—to ask all the troublesome questions you would expect. What happens next is a tale only the brilliant Jo Walton could tell. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
  platos ideal society: Laws Plato, 2022-05-28 The Laws is Plato's last, longest, and perhaps, most famous work. It presents a conversation on political philosophy between three elderly men: an unnamed Athenian, a Spartan named Megillus, and a Cretan named Clinias. They worked to create a constitution for Magnesia, a new Cretan colony that would make all of its citizens happy and virtuous. In this work, Plato combines political philosophy with applied legislation, going into great detail concerning what laws and procedures should be in the state. For example, they consider whether drunkenness should be allowed in the city, how citizens should hunt, and how to punish suicide. The principles of this book have entered the legislation of many modern countries and provoke a great interest of philosophers even in the 21st century.
  platos ideal society: Plato's 'Republic': An Introduction Sean McAleer, 2020-11-09 It is an excellent book – highly intelligent, interesting and original. Expressing high philosophy in a readable form without trivialising it is a very difficult task and McAleer manages the task admirably. Plato is, yet again, intensely topical in the chaotic and confused world in which we are now living. Philip Allott, Professor Emeritus of International Public Law at Cambridge University This book is a lucid and accessible companion to Plato’s Republic, throwing light upon the text’s arguments and main themes, placing them in the wider context of the text’s structure. In its illumination of the philosophical ideas underpinning the work, it provides readers with an understanding and appreciation of the complexity and literary artistry of Plato’s Republic. McAleer not only unpacks the key overarching questions of the text – What is justice? And Is a just life happier than an unjust life? – but also highlights some fascinating, overlooked passages which contribute to our understanding of Plato’s philosophical thought. Plato’s 'Republic': An Introduction offers a rigorous and thought-provoking analysis of the text, helping readers navigate one of the world’s most influential works of philosophy and political theory. With its approachable tone and clear presentation, it constitutes a welcome contribution to the field, and will be an indispensable resource for philosophy students and teachers, as well as general readers new to, or returning to, the text.
  platos ideal society: A Wolf in the City Cinzia Arruzza, 2018-09-26 The problem of tyranny preoccupied Plato, and its discussion both begins and ends his famous Republic. Though philosophers have mined the Republic for millennia, Cinzia Arruzza is the first to devote a full book to the study of tyranny and of the tyrant's soul in Plato's Republic. In A Wolf in the City, Arruzza argues that Plato's critique of tyranny intervenes in an ancient debate concerning the sources of the crisis of Athenian democracy and the relation between political leaders and demos in the last decades of the fifth century BCE. Arruzza shows that Plato's critique of tyranny should not be taken as veiled criticism of the Syracusan tyrannical regime, but rather of Athenian democracy. In parsing Plato's discussion of the soul of the tyrant, Arruzza will also offer new and innovative insights into his moral psychology, addressing much-debated problems such as the nature of eros and of the spirited part of the soul, the unity or disunity of the soul, and the relation between the non-rational parts of the soul and reason.
  platos ideal society: An Evaluation of Plato's Ideal State Oluwafemi Bolarfinwa, 2011-12-23 Scientific Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Political Theory and the History of Ideas Journal, grade: 1.0, University of Lagos, language: English, abstract: This work is an attempt to undertake an evaluation of Plato’s ideal state. It argues the position that there is a need to realign Plato’s ideal State to embrace the contemporary realities of today without negating its goal for a transformed society brought about by transformative leadership. Plato posit that the human race will have no respite from evils until those who are really philosophers acquire political power or until, through some divine dispensation, those who rule and have political authority in the cities become real philosophers. Plato came to the conclusion that all existing governments were bad and almost beyond redemption thus he theorized for an ideal State. The ideal state, according to Plato, is composed of three classes. The economic structure of the state is maintained by the merchant class. Security needs are met by the military class, and political leadership is provided by the philosopher-kings. In an attempt to re-evaluate Plato’s ideal state, this work re-emphasized the relevance of transformative leadership as a necessary tool for societal good and transformation. It urges for the adoption of the relevant areas of Plato’s concept of an ideal State anchored on the prevailing need and realities of the contemporary society.
  platos ideal society: Plato's Republic Alain Badiou, 2013-04-25 Plato's Republic is one of the most well-known and widely discussed texts in the history of philosophy, but how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2500 years after it was originally composed? Alain Badiou invents a new genre in order to breathe fresh life into Plato's text and restore its universality. Rather than producing yet another critical commentary, he has retranslated the work from the original Greek and, by making various changes, adapted it for our times. In this innovative reimagining of a classic text, Badiou has removed all references specific to ancient Greek society, from the endless exchanges about the moral courage of poets to those political considerations that were only of interest to the aristocratic elite. On the other hand, Badiou has expanded the range of cultural references: here philosophy is firing on all cylinders, and Socrates and his companions are joined by Beckett, Pessoa, Freud and Hegel. They demonstrate the enduring nature of true philosophy, always ready to move with the times. Moreover, Badiou the dramatist has made the Socratic dialogue a true oratorial contest: in his version of the Republic, the interlocutors have more in mind than merely agreeing with the Master. They stand up to him, put him on the spot and thereby show thought in motion. Through this work of writing, scholarship and philosophy, we are able, for the first time, to read a version of Plato's text which is alive, stimulating and directly relevant to our world today.
  platos ideal society: Plato: A Very Short Introduction Julia Annas, 2003-02-13 This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. This is not a book to leave the reader standing in the outer court of introduction and background information, but leads directly into Plato's argument. It looks at Plato as a thinker grappling with philosophical problems in a variety of ways, rather than a philosopher with a fully worked-out system. It includes a brief account of Plato's life and the various interpretations that have been drawn from the sparse remains of information. It stresses the importance of the founding of the Academy and the conception of philosophy as a subject. Julia Annas discusses Plato's style of writing: his use of the dialogue form, his use of what we today call fiction, and his philosophical transformation of myths. She also looks at his discussions of love and philosophy, his attitude to women, and to homosexual love, explores Plato's claim that virtue is sufficient for happiness, and touches on his arguments for the immortality of the soul and his ideas about the nature of the universe. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
  platos ideal society: Platonopolis Dominic J. O'Meara, 2003-05 Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of Late Antiquity, from Plotinus (third century) to the sixth-century schools in Athens and Alexandria, neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in their concentration on an otherworldly life. Dominic O'Meara presents a revelatory reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their otherworldliness involved rather than excluded political ideas, and he proposes for the first time a reconstruction of theirpolitical philosophy, their conception of the function, structure, and contents of political science, and its relation to political virtue and to the divinization of soul and state.Among the topics discussed by O'Meara are: philosopher-kings and queens; political goals and levels of reform: law, constitutions, justice, and penology; the political function of religion; and the limits of political science and action. He also explores various reactions to these political ideas in the works of Christian and Islamic writers, in particular Eusebius, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, and al-Farabi.Filling a major gap in our understanding, Platonopolis will be of substantial interest to scholars and students of ancient philosophy, classicists, and historians of political thought.
  platos ideal society: A Theory of Justice John RAWLS, 2009-06-30 Though the revised edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls's view, so much of the extensive literature on Rawls's theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes the first edition once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work.
  platos ideal society: The Allegory of the Cave Plato, 2021-01-08 The Allegory of the Cave, or Plato's Cave, was presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a) to compare the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature. It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother Glaucon and his mentor Socrates, narrated by the latter. The allegory is presented after the analogy of the sun (508b–509c) and the analogy of the divided line (509d–511e). All three are characterized in relation to dialectic at the end of Books VII and VIII (531d–534e). Plato has Socrates describe a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them, and give names to these shadows. The shadows are the prisoners' reality.
  platos ideal society: Property and Freedom Richard Pipes, 2007-12-18 A superb book about a topic that should be front and center in the American political debate (National Review), from the acclaimed Harvard scholar and historian of the Russian Revolution An exploration of a wide range of national and political systems to demonstrate persuasively that private ownership has served over the centuries to limit the power of the state and enable democratic institutions to evolve and thrive in the Western world. Beginning with Greece and Rome, where the concept of private property as we understand it first developed, Richard Pipes then shows us how, in the late medieval period, the idea matured with the expansion of commerce and the rise of cities. He contrasts England, a country where property rights and parliamentary government advanced hand-in-hand, with Russia, where restrictions on ownership have for centuries consistently abetted authoritarian regimes; finally he provides reflections on current and future trends in the United States. Property and Freedom is a brilliant contribution to political thought and an essential work on a subject of vital importance.
  platos ideal society: The Seventh Letter Plato, 2022-05-04 The Seventh Letter - Plato - Sophist - Plato - Plato is a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science. Plato is one of the most important Western philosophers, exerting influence on virtually every figure in philosophy after him. His dialogue The Republic is known as the first comprehensive work on political philosophy. Plato also contributed foundationally to ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology. His student, Aristotle, is also an extremely influential philosopher and the tutor of Alexander the Great of Macedonia Plato is widely considered a pivotal figure in the history of Ancient Greek and Western philosophy, along with his teacher, Socrates, and his most famous student, Aristotle. He has often been cited as one of the founders of Western religion and spirituality. The so-called neoplatonism of philosophers, such as Plotinus and Porphyry, greatly influenced Christianity through Church Fathers such as Augustine. Alfred North Whitehead once noted: the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. Plato was an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms in philosophy. Plato is also considered the founder of Western political philosophy. His most famous contribution is the theory of Forms known by pure reason, in which Plato presents a solution to the problem of universals known as Platonism (also ambiguously called either Platonic realism or Platonic idealism). He is also the namesake of Platonic love and the Platonic solids. His own most decisive philosophical influences are usually thought to have been, along with Socrates, the pre-Socratics Pythagoras, Heraclitus and Parmenides, although few of his predecessors' works remain extant and much of what we know about these figures today derives from Plato himself. Unlike the work of nearly all of his contemporaries, Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years. Although their popularity has fluctuated, Plato's works have consistently been read and studied. Little can be known about Plato's early life and education due to the very limited accounts. Plato came from one of the wealthiest and most politically active families in Athens. Ancient sources describe him as a bright though modest boy who excelled in his studies. His father contributed everything necessary to give to his son a good education, and Plato therefore must have been instructed in grammar, music, gymnastics and philosophy by some of the most distinguished teachers of his era.
  platos ideal society: Paraesthetics David Carroll, 1987-01-01 Paraesthetics' is a neologism invented by David Carroll to unlock the extra-aesthetic relationship between art and literature in the work of Michel Foucault, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Jacques Derrida.
  platos ideal society: No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy, 2007-11-29 From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road comes a profoundly disturbing and gorgeously rendered novel (The Washington Post) that returns to the Texas-Mexico border, setting of the famed Border Trilogy. The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones. One day, a good old boy named Llewellyn Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by a bodyguard of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law—in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell—can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers—in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives—McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines. No Country for Old Men is a triumph. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
  platos ideal society: The Search for Atlantis Stephen Kershaw, 2018-10-02 The Atlantis story remains one of the most haunting and enigmatic tales from antiquity, and one that still resonates very deeply with the modern imagination. But where did Atlantis come from, what was it like, and where did it go?Atlantis was first introduced by the Greek philosopher Plato in the fourth century BCE. As he discusses about the origins of life, the universe and humanity, the great thinker puts forward a stunning description of Atlantis—an island paradise with an ideal society. But the Atlanteans soon degenerate and become imperialist aggressors: they choose to fight against antediluvian Athens, which heroically repels their mighty forces, before a cataclysmic natural disaster destroys the warring states.Plato’s tale of a great empire that sank beneath the waves has sparked thousands of years of debate over whether Atlantis really existed. But did Plato mean his tale as history—or just as a parable to help illustrate his philosophy?
  platos ideal society: Plato and Hesiod G. R. Boys-Stones, J. H. Haubold, 2009-12-10 It hardly needs repeating that Plato defined philosophy partly by contrast with the work of the poets. What is extraordinary is how little systematic exploration there has been of his relationship with specific poets other than Homer. This neglect extends even to Hesiod, though Hesiod is of central importance for the didactic tradition quite generally, and is a major source of imagery at crucial moments of Plato's thought. This volume, which presents fifteen articles by specialists on the area, will be the first ever book-length study dedicated to the subject. It covers a wide variety of thematic angles, brings new and sometimes surprising light to a large range of Platonic dialogues, and represents a major contribution to the study of the reception of archaic poetry in Athens.
  platos ideal society: Plato's Republic Martha Craven Nussbaum, 1998
  platos ideal society: Women and the Ideal Society Natalie Harris Bluestone, 1987
  platos ideal society: Plato's Republic Simon Blackburn, 2008-04-22 “A clear and accessible introduction to philosophy’s first superstar” by the author of On Truth and Think, one of our great contemporary philosophers (Kirkus Reviews). Plato is perhaps the most significant philosopher who ever lived and The Republic, composed in Athens in about 375 BC, is widely regarded as his most famous dialogue. Its discussion of the perfect city—and the perfect mind—laid the foundations for Western culture and has been the cornerstone of Western philosophy. As the distinguished Cambridge professor Simon Blackburn points out, it has probably sustained more commentary, and been subject to more radical and impassioned disagreement, than almost any other text in the modern world. “A provocative companion to an essential text” (Publishers Weekly), Plato’s Republic explores the judicial, moral, and political ideas in The Republic with dazzling insight. Blackburn also examines The Republic’s influence and staying power, and shows why, from St. Augustine to twentieth-century philosophers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, Western thought is still conditioned by this most important, and contemporary, of books. “Plato’s Republic . . . which Blackburn rightly suggests is the first book to shake the world, is loaded with perennial questions that every generation must struggle with. How are we to live our lives? What is virtue and can it be taught? Are pleasure and good the same?”—The Independent “Philosopher Simon Blackburn has written a new book about The Republic, gently reminding those of us who have forgotten it why it remains so important. The book unquestionably belongs on anybody’s list of Books That Changed the World.”—NPR
  platos ideal society: Utilitarianism - Ed. Heydt John Stuart Mill, 2010-08-06 John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism is a philosophical defense of utilitarianism, a moral theory stating that right actions are those that tend to promote overall happiness. The essay first appeared as a series of articles published in Fraser’s Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. Mill discusses utilitarianism in some of his other works, including On Liberty and The Subjection of Women, but Utilitarianism contains his only sustained defence of the theory. In this Broadview Edition, Colin Heydt provides a substantial introduction that will enable readers to understand better the polemical context for Utilitarianism. Heydt shows, for example, how Mill’s moral philosophy grew out of political engagement, rather than exclusively out of a speculative interest in determining the nature of morality. Appendices include precedents to Mill’s work, reactions to Utilitarianism, and related writings by Mill.
  platos ideal society: The Dialogues of Plato Plato, 1871
  platos ideal society: Plato in L.A. Donatien Grau, 2018-05-08 No thinker in the West has had a wider and more sustained influence than the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. From philosophy to drama, religion to politics, it is difficult to find a current cultural or social phenomenon that is not in some aspect indebted to the famous philosopher and the Platonic tradition. It should come as no surprise that contemporary artists continue to engage with and respond to the ideas of Plato. Accompanying an exhibition at the Getty Villa, this book brings together eleven renowned artists working in a variety of media—Paul Chan, Rachel Harrison, Huang Yong Ping, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Joseph Kosuth, Paul McCarthy, Whitney McVeigh, Raymond Pettibon, Adrian Piper, and Michelangelo Pistoletto—all of whom have acknowledged the role of Plato in their artistic process. Featuring candid interviews with the artists, this volume begins with an essay by the critic and curator Donatien Grau that contextualizes Plato in antiquity and in the present day. Contemporary art, Grau demonstrates, is Platonism stripped bare, and it allows us to reconsider Plato’s philosophy as a deeply human construct, one that remains highly relevant today.
  platos ideal society: Thomas More and His Utopia Karl Kautsky, 1927
  platos ideal society: The Female Drama Charlotte C. S. Thomas, 2020 Plato's most magisterial dialogue, the Republic, takes up the question what is justice, and its central image is an imaginary city constructed in speech designed to aid in this inquiry. In Book V of the Republic, Socrates tells his interlocutors that they have completed the Male Drama, of the city in speech and that it is now time for them to take up the Female. The Female Drama is Socrates name for the action of the central books of the Republic: V-VII. Much has been made of what this transition in the Republic signifies for political questions. The Republic is not only concerned with politics or political justice, however. Like all of the images and arguments in the Republic, the Female Drama of the city in speech has meaning both for political and individual justice, but there has been no systematic inquiry into the central books of the Republic for their meaning for individual justice. That is the ambition of this book. On the level of moral psychology, Thomas argues that while the Male Drama of Books II-IV presents images of fully formed versions of the psychological activities that come together to define justice in a human life, the Female Drama explores the modes of potentiality and becoming necessary for those psychological activities to come into being. More specifically, Books V-VII explore the three modes of potentiality necessary for the development of justice: genesis, trophe, and paideia. Book jacket.
  platos ideal society: Between Existentialism and Marxism Jean-Paul Sartre, 2025-01-14 This book presents a full decade of Sartre’s work, from the publication of the Critique of Dialectical Reason in 1960, the basic philosophical turning-point in his postwar development, to the inception of his major study on Flaubert, the first volumes of which appeared in 1971. The essays and interviews collected here form a vivid panorama of the range and unity of Sartre’s interests, since his deliberate attempt to wed his original existentialism to a rethought Marxism. A long and brilliant autobiographical interview, given to New Left Review in 1969, constitutes the best single overview of Sartre’s whole intellectual evolution. Three analytic texts on the US war in Vietnam, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and the lessons of the May Revolt in France, define his political positions as a revolutionary socialist. Questions of philosophy and aesthetics are explored in essays on Kierkegaard, Mallarme and Tintoretto. Another section of the collection explores Sartre’s critical attitude to orthodox psychoanalysis as a therapy, and is accompanied by rejoinders from colleagues on his journal Les Temps Modernes. The volume concludes with a prolonged reflection on the nature and role of intellectuals and writers in advanced capitalism, and their relationship to the struggles of the exploited and oppressed classes. Between Existentialism and Marxism is an impressive demonstration of the breadth and vitality of Sartre's thought, and its capacity to respond to political and cultural changes in the contemporary world.
  platos ideal society: Essays on Plato's Republic Erik Nis Ostenfeld, 1998 CONTENTS: How Totalitarian is Plato's Republic; Plato as a Problem-Solver. The Unity of the Polis as a Key to the Interpretation of Plato's Republic; Plato and Xenophon: Two Contributions to the Constitutional Debate in the 4th Century BC; Did Plato ever Reply to those Critics, who Reproached him for 'the Emptiness of the Platonic Idea or Form of the Good'?; The Socratic Paradoxes and the Tripartite Soul; Eudaimonia in Plato's Republic; Plato's Ideal of Science; The Katabasis of Er. Plato's Use of Myths, exemplified by the Myth of Er; Index of Names; Index of Key Terms.
  platos ideal society: Women in the Ancient World John Peradotto, J. P. Sullivan, 1987-04-15 One of the reasons for the study of the Greek and Roman classics is their perpetual relevance. In no area can this position be more clearly defended than in the investigation of the feminine condition, for it was here that basic attitudes derogatory to the sex were molded by legal and social systems, by philosophers and poets, and by the thinking of men long since gone. Women in the Ancient World brings together essays that examine philosophy, social history, literature, and art, and that extend from the early Greek period through the Roman Empire. Their wide range of critical perspectives throws new light on the personal, political, socio-economic, and cultural position of women.
  platos ideal society: Women in Political Theory Diana H. Coole, 1993 This book Looks at how misogyny and western political thought were intertwined in their origins and how this relationship has worked itself out through the classic texts of traditional and modern political thory. In this revised edition. the analysis of these texts is accompanied by a new introduction and conclusion which bring the debates on this topic up to date. The concluding chapter examines contemporary feminist theory by discussing pooststructuralist and postmodernist themes, which allows for a reappraisal of the critical perspcti...
  platos ideal society: The Lessons of History Will Durant, Ariel Durant, 2012-08-21 A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant. With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social progress, the Durants take us on a journey through history, exploring the possibilities and limitations of humanity over time. Juxtaposing the great lives, ideas, and accomplishments with cycles of war and conquest, the Durants reveal the towering themes of history and give meaning to our own.
  platos ideal society: The Republic Plato, 2016-04-23 The Republic is a dialogue by Plato in which the famous Athenian philosopher examines the nature of an ideal society. The insights are profound and timeless. A landmark of Western literature, The Republic is essential reading for philosophy students.
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Plato's Concept of an Ideal State. In Plato's time, many Athenians considered their large towns and their city-states to be perfect. That is, ideal in regards to their cultural and military …

Analyzing Plato's Perfect Society in "Republic" - Owlcation
3 Apr 2017 · In this essay, I review Plato's "Republic" and analyze the three-tiered class system within the society as defined based of the "myth of the metals."

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The Republic, one of the most important dialogues of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, renowned for its detailed expositions of political and ethical justice and its account of the …

Plato’s Philosophy on the Ideal State and Its Rulers
28 Oct 2023 · Plato’s concept of the ideal state argues against democracy, advocating for a society led by philosopher-kings. He outlines a class system based on the natural division of …

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4 Mar 2023 · The role of the state in Plato's ideal society is to promote justice and morality, and to create conditions that allow individuals to lead virtuous lives. This involves regulating and …

The Republic: Plato's Vision of an Ideal State – The Mind Attic
14 Aug 2020 · It is impossible to do justice to the breadth of ideas and arguments contained within The Republic. Instead, we will touch upon one or two key themes – namely Plato’s theory of …

Plato’s Vision of Justice in the Ideal State - Philosophy Institute
27 Oct 2023 · Plato's treatment of justice is both personal and political, critiquing Athenian democracy and sophistic ethics. He envisions an ideal state where justice ensures social …

The Basis of Plato's Society - JSTOR
An ideal society would be organized in such a way that all the genuine needs of men and women were fulfilled. There seems to be no textual reason to restrict the needs referred to

9 - The Utopian Character of Plato’s Ideal City
28 Nov 2007 · Did Plato think Callipolis was realizable? Did he really believe that the city he portrays in the Republic is the best human society? As with so much else in Plato, scholars …

Platonic Corruption in The Handmaid’s Tale - PhilArchive
19 Nov 2023 · Gilead and Plato’s ideal city both valorize militarism. Auxiliary guardians occupy a position of privilege in Plato’s polis precisely because of their military prowess, which other social institution are devoted to reinforcing. For example, Plato’s auxiliaries are collectively married at mass weddings, with the number of

Plato's Argument for Rule by Philosopher Kings
The essay will argue that Plato’s argument for the philosopher kings’ rule is neither persuasive nor realistic in theory, but that traces of the characteristics of his ideal form of rule do appear in the modern state. To set out this argument, the essay will firstly consider Plato’s argument for the philosopher kings,

Rationalizing Censorship: Arguments for Censorship and the …
directions. Plato’s ideal society reeks of authoritarianism, while Marcuse’s promises freedom and “real democracy.” This gap can be explained by how they address humanity’s capacity to think rationally. We can see that Plato’s ideal society will always require censorship due to humanity’s constant struggle to be rational, but

Coinage for an Ideal City: Money and Economy in Plato’s Laws
a definitive, ineluctable flaw of human society. All economic aspects of the Laws are therefore undesirable concessions, a point that is borne out in Plato's respective discussions of property ... Money in an Ideal World: Plato’s « Laws » and the Dual Nature of Coinage. In Kermatia Philias, edited by Stella Drougou, 1:25±31. ²²². 2014 ...

will only be served where social roles are in strict accordance with ...
3 contradict Plato’s ideal of humans as well as equality, but again, it is not fully clear, how he thought about this peculiar issue. Again, these kinds of unclarities served as grounds for large

A Critical Observation of Plato’s Justice Theory: A ... - ResearchGate
• Social Justice: Plato, in the ideal society, socially, justice is a social consciousness that makes a society internally harmonious and good. Plato asserts that, a good state

Republic - PhilArchive
Plato also argues for some stratification of society, though with a strong unification of citizenship. Only the most adept have the chance to rule, but everyone’s goal is the betterment of society as a whole. ... How does it work? Well, here is Plato’s ideal state in a nutshell… all humans (men and women both, as Plato was the first proto ...

Plato and Equality for Women across Social Class - Portal de …
Natalie Harris Bluestone, Women and the Ideal Society: Plato’s Republic and Modern Myths of Gender (Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1987), pp. 72, 85. See also H. D. Rankin, Plato and the Individual (London: Methuen, 1964) and Martin, ‘Sex Equality and Education’, pp. 294, 297. 4 Bluestone, Women and the Ideal Society, p. 72.

Plato's Doctrine of Freedom - JSTOR
VIII*- PLATO'S DOCTRINE OF FREEDOM ... commentators have repeatedly emphasised that the ideal city of the Republic leaves little room for the kinds of freedom valued by ... vehemently as an enemy of the 'Open Society'. For a more moderate statement of the point see Klosko, 1986, 155. 2. We are accustomed to distinguish freedom of the will from ...

Gender and Justice in Plato - JSTOR
N o part of Plato's outline of the perfectly just society in the Republic has generated more controversy than its arrangements regarding the role of women and the family. Plato's proposals in Book 5 of that work to confer equality on women and dissolve the family have been examined and debated, attacked and defended, from ancient times to the ...

Plato’s Concept of Education in ‘Republic’ and Aristotle’s Concept …
Plato’s Concept of Education in ‘Republic’ and Aristotle’s Concept of ... creating a virtuous society. In order to create a virtuous society, we need to educate the body, desires, soul and reason of the individual. ... that material world of men is less perfect than the universal or …

SOCIOLOGY AND PLATO'S REPUBLIC - The University of …
society which, all the intervening two thousand years and more, has prevented the adoption of Plato's program and the production of ideal leaders? Thereupon the whole question of the essential nature of human society is thrown wide open, and we realize that Plato has asked the question more than he has answered it. I am using The

Plato and his Critics - JSTOR
Plato's Academy was perpetuated into the sixth century of the Christian era. Chiefly through the influence of St. Augustine, but ... The Open Society and Its Enemies, 2 vols., (Princeton, 1950). 'John Wild, Plato's Modern Enemies and the Theory of Natural Law (Chicago, 1953), Ronald B. Levinson, In Defense of Plato (Cambridge, Mass.,

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND …
Theory of Ideal Society Among the central themes of Plato’s political theory is the concept of the ‘ideal society’ (Reeve 1988). For him, a society becomes ideal only if competent people are in charge. Reeve affirms Plato’s belief that “competence is the qualification for authority.

Plato's justice thought in the Republic and its contemporary ...
14 Aug 2022 · pursuit of human society. Plato's Republic, as the first book on justice in the history of human . thought, is still of epoch-making value. Based on Plato's Republic, this paper analyzes the ... try to build an ideal city-state of justice and goodness, and start thinking about the "problem of justice". 2.2 Theoretical basis: Theory of idea and ...

Plato‟s Concept of Democracy and Contemporary Political
So from the moment society arises out of necessity of meeting the needs of man, the members which make up society must be organised into different classes according to the diversity of works to be performed. This paper examines the Plato’s ideal state and criticisms of democracy and tries to prove that it is relevant in Nigeria’s present

PLATO'S PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY : INTERPRETATION AND …
Plato's ideal state has power over the philosopher king. Their main quality is wisdom. Wisdom and ... In Greek society and the system, heroism was regarded as the highest quality. Because every Greek city state had to survive in order to survive the invasion of neighboring rival state. So he has placed his ideal state above all

IRINA DERETIĆ PLATO ON THE SOCIAL ROLE OF WOMEN
in Plato’s ideal city. Additionally, I will discuss the claim, advocated by George Vlastos, that Plato is a feminist in a modern sense of the term. 2. Plato’s View on the Social Role of Women in the Republic Contrary to the prejudices and opinions of his age, and even con-trary to some of his own views, Plato consistently advocates the po-

Character Virtues and Forms of Government : Plato and Aristotle
The government by the so-called “philosopher-king” or aristocracy is Plato’s ideal form of government, from where the other forms of government degenerate from (see 546d-547c & 572c-573c). ... in a society, where the wisest are employed as the guardians, the most courageous as the soldiers and the most reasonable ...

On Plato's Virtue Education for the Defenders of the City-States: A ...
Plato's efforts to create ideal guardians of both beauty and goodness by implementing music education and physical education have significant implications for character education today. Keywords: The Republic, ... justice, and he constructed a virtual ideal society in the Republic. In this society, there is a clear division

POLSC201 Unit 1 (Subunit 1.1.3) Quiz Plato s Republic - Saylor …
Plato’s greatest and most enduring work was his lengthy dialogue, The Republic. This dialogue has often been regarded as Plato’s blueprint for a future society of perfection. The main argument of The Republic is partly a response to the political unrest and instability Plato witnessed in contemporary Athenian society. Plato developed a

ISSN: 2643-9670 Philosophy of Al Farabi - ijeais.org
age. Many thinks that Al Farabi inspired from Plato's Republic and Laws for his idea of the ideal society. Additionally, Farabian epistemology described as the Neoplatonist, because of the Aristotelian influence also. Like other all-classical philosopher, Al Farabi also says that the ultimate goal of life is to reach to the “true

POLITICAL SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE REVIEW - University of …
guardians uphold these values in society, as then the youth of society will “grow up into well-conducted and virtuous citizens” (Plato 2008, 422). Specifically, the guardians being tasked with upholding the laws and decorum of the state speaks to …

A History of Homo Economicus Final - Seven Pillars Institute
guided society in the optimal direction. Society, to Plato, moves towards the “ideal” – the true, the good, and the beautiful – political order if each individual plays his innate role, whether it is to be a soldier, a philosopher-king, a slave, and so on. Plato’s “ideal” becomes Smith’s “invisible hand.” While a separate

James M. Magrini Plato’s Socrates, Philosophy and Education
Plato’s Socrates: Philosophy and Education is a book for university students pursuing both philosophy and education. It is also for educators in institutions of higher learning teaching students in such disciplines as philosophy of education and philosophical foundations of education. In addition, all intelligent persons interested

SOCIAL JUSTICE IN PLATO™S REPUBLIC - School of Advanced …
Rights of Persons in Plato™s Conception of the Foundation of Justice™, Studies in Greek Philosophy II, pp. 104Œ25; originally published in H. Tristram Englehardt, Jr., and Daniel Callahan, eds., Morals, Science and Society (Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1978), pp. 172Œ201. All page references are to the articles as published in Studies in

The Seed and the Soul in Plato’s Dialogues This paper examines ...
in society and the agricultural metaphors he uses to explain the work of philosophers and gods. First, I identify three main uses of the soul-as-seed metaphor in Plato. In the first case, ... points out, according to the Laws, wealth in Plato’s ideal state is derived from agriculture, not

UNIT 3 PLATO: JUSTICE Plato: Justice - eGyanKosh
43 Rulers: Every state would need rulers to rule with a function of making Plato: Justice policy decisions. Auxiliaries: This is the class of warriors with a military function and they are part of the guardians. Artisans: This class has to perform economic function and includes all those who produce goods and perform socially necessary services, for ex.

Dialectical Drama and the Ideal State - JSTOR
The notion of designing an ideal society, such as Plato does in The Republic, was central to Shaw’s life’s work. This article argues and illustrates how Plato was ... nal book that imitative poets are summarily exiled from Plato’s ideal state. This is Plato’s most categorical statement regarding his distrust of mimetic

Plato's Apology: 'Republic' I - JSTOR
Plato's Apology: Republic I ALEXANDER SESONSKE I T is at this point, I believe, that Plato's thought takes a different direction from the philosophy of his master, Socrates. There are two ways in which a man may approach the task of conceiving an ideal society. One is to start with the moral reformation of the individual,

THE PROBLEM OF PRAISE: PLATO’S PROTAGORAS AGAINST FREE SOCIETY …
THE PROBLEM OF PRAISE: PLATO’S PROTAGORAS AGAINST FREE SOCIETY Joe P.W. Muller1 Abstract: Plato’s Protagoras is often read as an argument about the nature of virtue and the proper practice of philosophy. But Plato is also advancing apolitical argu- ment. Working from the Protagoras’ theory of socialization and critique of competi- tive conversation, this article …

BOOK REVIEWS - JSTOR
Philosopher-Kings: The Argument of Plato's Republic. Princeton University Press, 1988. This is an uneven book: in parts exciting and illuminating, in parts spec- ... aims to make us feel that Plato's ideal state is a wonderful place. Because he ... society in which philosophic wisdom can most reliably flourish (p. 202). Thus it

Plato's 'Ideal' State - JSTOR
PLATO'S 'IDEAL' STATE IN C.Q. N.S. vii (I957), 164 ff. Professor Demos raises the question in what sense, if at all, the state which Plato describes in the Republic can be regarded as ideal, if the warrior-class and the masses are 'deprived of reason' and therefore imperfect. The ideal state, he thinks, appears at first sight to be composed of

Plato’s Socio-Political Philosophy: a Veritable Prescription for ...
Plato's socio-political philosophy could serve as a veritable roadmap in resolving Nigeria’s critical challenges. The idea that runs through the work is Plato's idea of Justice which is anchored on the principle of division of labour is shown to point the way to the achievement of the 7-point agenda of the present administration. The

POLITICAL SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE REVIEW - ResearchGate
In Plato’s ideal society, citizens are expected to consistently follow the cardinal virtues, stating that the “same three principles in his own soul are found in the State” (Plato 2008, 443).

Twenty Five Years After Popper (1902-1994): Plato and Marx as …
of the search for justice, both in Plato’s ideal city-state and in the future communist society outlined in broad lines by Marx. The paper concludes by emphasizing that both types of the proposed large-scale social changes can best be understood as specific types of utopian thinking which always invites for violence.

COMMUNISM, SPARTA, AND PLATO - Springer
Plato's own vision is argued to be one restricted to the ruling classes within the greater society and dependent on the material support provided by that society. The result is a restricted "communism of poverty and of asceticism, of abnegation and renunciation" (p. 12) in contrast to the wealth­ and income-equalizing theories of later ages.

Plato, Aristotle & the Dialectics of Poetry - Semantic Scholar
Plato’s negative conception of mimesis is juxtaposed with Aristotle’s affirmative stand. The paper also examines the various ... it miseducates the ideal citizens of the ideal society. For the Athenian sage, the greatest human potential was the quest for truth and as humans one should strive for it. Much of Plato’s negative conception of ...

The good society and the good soul: Plato s Republic on
The good society and the good soul: Plato's Republic on leadership ☆ ... Strauss (1964): 138, 127. No one disputes the observation that achieving the ideal city described by Plato is highly improbable (see discussion of this point in Section III below); what is at issue is whether that city is itself obviously defective, and whether Plato ...

UNIT 4 PLATO: EDUCATION (PRESENTATION Plato: Education
ideas and techniques of his teacher Socrates. In Plato’s ideal state there are three major classes, corresponding to the three parts of the soul. The guardians, who are philosophers, govern the city; the auxiliaries are soldiers who defend it; and the lowest class comprises the producers (farmers, artisans, etc). Plato’s society

PLATO’S IDEA OF THE GOOD IN ITS DIFFERENT …
Plato’s idea of the good was not only a historiographical problem, but, above all, a crucial theoretical one, which was ever present in their philosophy. 1. The Good as an Idea and the Idea of the Good in Cohen Of the two main meanings implied by Plato’s idea of the good: the good as idea and the idea of the good as unconditioned

SOCRATIC SELF-KNOWLEDGE IN PLATO’S POLITICS AND …
democracy, rather than lead to Plato’s ideal epistemic aristocracy. In the first chapter, I argue that Socratic self-knowledge is a cornerstone of Plato’s ... and Laws, in part, to produce the same political results that a society with genuine widespread Socratic self-knowledge would produce, without cultivating genuine self-knowledge in ...

Plato II PHIL301 Kallipolis, the Tri-Partite Soul, and Justice Prof.
10 Oct 2012 · o Plato’s “purification” (399e) of the luxurious city constitutes the second city. It remains to provide for the rule of the city by the philosopher-kings. This is the work of books V-VII, though we see gestures to it henceforth. - The Third City o The completion of Plato’s kallipolis involves the full specification of the nature

CORRUPTION PROBLEMS IN MODERN NIGERIAN SOCIETY
Open Society and Its Enemies, Sir Karl Popper contends that Plato's ideal society is dictatorial, with little tolerance for variation and a perverse dedication to a Spartan-like regimentation of social life. Justice is therefore the possession and exercise of one's own rights. Any form of …

Plato's Paradoxical View of Women - Springer
Plato divided his ideal state into three different classes based on the needs of society. First comes the productive class, whose concern is providing for society's economic needs. Second comes the auxiliary class, which repre- sents a military force of guardians needed to …

ABSTRACTS THE CONCEPT OF SOCIETY IN PLATO - Royal …
Vicious and Idle: Plato's Use of Public Opinion in his Characterisation of the Philosopher - Trinidad Silva (University College London) Often enough, Plato's own characterisation of the philosopher emerges as a way to respond to popular conceptions and representations of the intellectual in Athenian society. This is clear in the

Excerpt from Plato's Republic, Books II & III
The following excerpt comes from Plato's book-length dialogue, The Republic, in which Plato attempts, among other things, to define the ideal society/state. The excerpt below reflects a portion of the recollected dialogue between Socrates and Adeimantus (Plato's older brother) concerning how the future leaders of the ideal state should be ...

PLATONIC JUSTICE : A CRITICAL ANALYSIS - JSTOR
sommum bonum of Plato's philosophy, which aimed above all at the total good of society. Nor should the "idea of the good" be under-stood as something foreign to this world. It is, shorn of all its philosophical complexities, "an intelligent principle of law and order in the universe embracing equally man and nature". Stallbaum

The Role and Influence of Plato s Ideas in Religious Cinema
to discuss issues such as justice, power, and order in society. Plato’s ideas reflected the pursuit of an ideal political system in religious films. In Plato’s ideal country, he put forward philosophy politics led by philosophy monarchs, and advocated governing the country through wisdom and virtue, and achieving social harmony and justice. In