City and Soul in Plato's Republic
130 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
©
2003
Paper $19.00
ISBN: 9780226244372
Published September 2005
Preface Chapter 1. The Brothers 1. The house of Cephalus 2. The values of a gentleman 3. Why govern? 4. A real man 5. The values of a philosopher Sources and Scholarly Contexts for Chapter 1 Chapter 2. City and Soul: Misunderstandings 1. A fork in the road 2. Williams' challenge 3. Lear's dilemma Sources and Scholarly Contexts for Chapter 2 Chapter 3. City and Soul: A Metaphorical Understanding 1. A proportional metaphor 2. Timocracy, oligarchy, democracy 3. Why metaphors matter Sources and Scholarly Contexts for Chapter 3 Chapter 4. Tyrant and King 1. An asymmetry 2. The tyrant 3. The philosopher-king 4. The city and man Sources and Scholarly Contexts for Chapter 4 References Index locorum
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