Glaucon's fate: history, myth, and character in Plato's republic

"The 'Republic' dramatizes Socrates' attempt to convince Plato's brother Glaucon that the just life of philosophy is preferable to the unjUst life of tyranny. Jacob Howland argues that he failed, and that Glaucon joined his relatives Critias and Charmides in the brutal oliga...

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Main Author: Howland, Jacob 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia Paul Dry Books 2018
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Summary:"The 'Republic' dramatizes Socrates' attempt to convince Plato's brother Glaucon that the just life of philosophy is preferable to the unjUst life of tyranny. Jacob Howland argues that he failed, and that Glaucon joined his relatives Critias and Charmides in the brutal oligarchy of the Thirty Tyrants that governed Athens in the immediate aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. What went wrong? This is the guiding question of 'Glaucon's fate,' a book that will revolutionize our understanding of Plato's masterwork." --
Physical Description:295 Seiten 1 genealogische Tafel 23 cm
ISBN:1589881346
9781589881341

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