Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780887063961
Publisert
1987-07-01
Utgiver
Vendor
State University of New York Press
Vekt
390 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
248
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Mary P. Nichols is Visiting Scholar for Honors Education at the University of Delaware.
This book takes a fresh look at Socrates as he appeared to three ancient writers: Aristophanes, who attacked him for his theoretical studies; Plato, who immortalized him in his dialogues; and Aristotle, who criticized his political views. It addresses the questions of the interrelation of politics and philosophy by looking at Aristophanes' Clouds, Plato's Republic, and Book II of Aristotle's Politics—three sides of a debate on the value of Socrates' philosophic life.Mary Nichols first discusses the relation between Aristophanes and Plato, showing that the city as Socrates' place of activity in the Republic resembles the philosophic thinktank mocked in Aristophanes' Clouds. By representing the extremes of the Republic's city, Plato shows that the dangers attributed by Aristophanes to the city are actually inherent in political life itself. They were to be moderated by Socratic political philosophy rather than Aristophanean comedy.Nichols concludes by showing how Aristotle addressed the question at issue between Plato and Aristophanes when he founded his political science. Judging Plato's and Aristophanes' positions as partial, Nichols argues that Aristotle based his political science on the necessity to philosophy of political involvement and the necessity to politics of philosophical thought.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Aristophanes' Laugher (The Clouds) Introduction Strepsiades' Problem Strepsiades' Introduction to the Thinkery The Parabasis: The Clouds' Address to the Audience Socrates' Instruction of the Strepsiades The Contest Presented before Phidippides Its Aftermath The Standpoint of Comedy Part II. Political Philosophy: Plat's Response (The Republic) Introduction Chapter 1. Plato's Introduction to Political Philosophy (Book I of the Republic) Introduction The Setting of the Dialogue Socrates' Meeting with Cephalus Socrates' and Polemarchus' Search for a Definition of Justice Socrates' Quarrel with Thrasymachus The Task of Political Philosophy Chapter 2. Justice in the City and the Soul (Books II-IV of the Republic) Introduction Glaucon and Adeimantus The City of Pigs and Its Deficiencies The Nature of the Guardians The Guardians' Education in Music: The Public Tales The Guardians' Education in Music: Further Considerations The Gymnastic Education of the Guardians The Unity of the City: Its Noble Lie and Communism of Property Locating Justice in the City Drawing a Parallel to the Soul The Republic's Defense of Justice and Aristophanes' Clouds Chapter 3. Communism and Philosophy (Books V-VII of the Republic) Introduction Socrates' Reluctance to Speak Common Natures, Common Jobs Communism of Women and Children The Philosopher-Kings The Dangers of Politics Chapter 4. A return to the Socratic Perspective (Books VIII-X of the Republic) Introduction The Degeneration of Regimes and Human Beings The contest between Justice and INjustice Socrates' New Criticism of Poetry Poetry and the Reconciliation of the Republic's Dichotomies The Unresolved Quarrel between Aristophanes and Plato Part III. Political Science: Aristotle's Achievement (Book II of the Politics) Introduction Aristotle's Criticism of Socrates and Plato The Other Regimes in Speech The List of Legislators Aristotle's Political Science as a Repose to Plato Afterword: Ancients and Moderns: Another Debate Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780887063961
Publisert
1987-07-01
Utgiver
Vendor
State University of New York Press
Vekt
390 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
248
Forfatter