Plato's Utopia Recast His Later Ethics and Politics |
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| Author:
| Bobonich, Christopher |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-927410-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2004 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $120.86AUD $145.95 |
Book Description:
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Plato's Utopia Recast is an illuminating reappraisal of Plato's later works, which reveals radical changes in his ethical and political theory. Christopher Bobonich examines later dialogues, with a special emphasis upon the Laws, and argues that in these late works Plato both rethinks and revises the basic ethical and political positions that he held in his better known earlier works, such as the Republic.This book will change our understanding of Plato. His controversial moral and...
More DescriptionPlato's Utopia Recast is an illuminating reappraisal of Plato's later works, which reveals radical changes in his ethical and political theory. Christopher Bobonich examines later dialogues, with a special emphasis upon the Laws, and argues that in these late works Plato both rethinks and revises the basic ethical and political positions that he held in his better known earlier works, such as the Republic.This book will change our understanding of Plato. His controversial moral and political theory, so influential in Western thought, will henceforth be seen in a new light.