Beschreibung
This inquiry attempts to probe the essence of politics in-itself, something that has been singularly discerned by Plato inRepublic, grounded in his theory of universal forms and gradually but fully developed through a consideration of the elements of the City in Speech. Those elements, and the ideal city itself as envisioned inRepublic, are immanent within the Second Best City of the Laws, even though presented in a modified way. Plato'sStatesman will also be discussed as a means to further illustrate Plato's commitment to the principles conveyed inRepublic. This project rests on the premise that Plato's intelligible city is genuinely intended to convey Platos full understanding of the real essence of the polis, not simply the arena of political behavior and governance as we have come to know it, but the essence of what politics universally means and what a political community should objectively seek.
Autorenportrait
Scott John Hammond isprofessor of political theory at James Madison University.
Inhalt
Chapter One Drawing Further Meaning from Cephalus and Polemarchus
Chapter Two Making Thrasymachus Blush
Chapter Three Sons of Ariston
Chapter Four The True City
Chapter Five The True City Embodied in the Guardians
Chapter Six Rough Seas
Chapter Seven Building a Theory from an Account
Chapter Eight The Second Best City
Chapter Nine The Form of the Polis in the Second Best City: The Visible
Chapter Ten The Form of the Polis in the Second Best City: The Invisible
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