Pradeau, Jean-Franًcois.

Plato and the city a new introduction to Plato's political thought / [[Book] :] Jean-Franًcois Pradeau ; translated by Janet Lloyd ; with a foreword by Christopher Gill. - Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2002. - xvii, 181 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Christopher Gill -- 1. 'I am no politician' (Socrates). Socrates against his city. The wrecking of the Athenian maritime empire: the Menexenus. Political competence -- 2. The political psychology of the Republic. The great soul that is the city. Serving the city. Political science (and politics) -- 3. Producing the city: the Statesman. The conditions necessary for political technique. The object of politics. Political demiurgy. Laws and ways of life -- 4. The life of the city: the Timaeus-Critias. The world of the city. The political living being -- 5. The city, a world of politics: the Laws. The laws of the constitution. The constitution of the city. The order of the world.

All age.


Translated from the French. ­

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Plato--Political and social views.
Plato--Political and social views.


Philosophy, Ancient.

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