Politics, Money, and Persuasion : Democracy and Opinion in Plato's Republic

Cover -- Tilte Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translations and Citations -- Introduction -- I. The Nature of Platonic Writing -- II. The Method of This Work -- III. The Argument -- A. Politics, Money, and Persuasion -- 1 The Problem of Abstraction -- I. The Poli...

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Main Author: Russon, John Edward (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 2021
Series:Studies in Continental Thought Ser
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6665719
E-Book Packages:ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection
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Summary:Cover -- Tilte Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translations and Citations -- Introduction -- I. The Nature of Platonic Writing -- II. The Method of This Work -- III. The Argument -- A. Politics, Money, and Persuasion -- 1 The Problem of Abstraction -- I. The Polis and the Problem of the Guardians -- II. Expertise and Writing -- III. Money -- IV. Technē, Money, and the Commercial Polis -- 2 The Currencies of Power -- I. Timocracy -- II. Oligarchy -- III. Democracy -- B. The Vicissitudes of Opinion -- 3 True Opinion -- I. Socrates and the New Intellectuals -- II. Knowledge and the "Divided Line" -- III. Sophistry -- 4 Persuasion -- I. Persuasion -- II. Virtue -- III. Corruption -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Passages.
In Politics, Money, and Persuasion, distinguished philosopher John Russon offers a new framework for interpreting Plato's The Republic
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (227 pages)
ISBN:9780253057693

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