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Plato and the City is a general introduction to Plato's political thought. It covers the main periods of Platonic thought, examining those dialogues that best show how Plato makes the city's unity the aim of politics and then makes the quest for that unity the aim of philosophy. From the psychological model (the city is like a great soul) to the physiological definition (the city is a living being), the reader can traverse the whole of Plato's oeuvre, and understand it as a political philosophy. The book is designed to be an undergraduate textbook but will also be of interest to scholars. It is the first English translation of Platon et la cité, published in French by Presses Universitaires de France in 1997 as part of the series Philosophies, and offers English-speaking readers access to a more unifying continental European reading of Plato than is common in UK or North American scholarship.
Contents
Translator's Note
Foreword by Christopher Gill
Author's Note
Introduction
1. 'I am no politician' (Socrates)
Socrates against his city
The wrecking of the Athenian maritime empire: the 'Menexenus' 14
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
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
