An Introduction to Plato's Republic

Annas, Julia

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Author
Annas, Julia
Publish Date
06/01/1981
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
OXFORD
Subject
Western Philosophy
Number of Pages
370
Edition
1
ISBN-10
0198274297
ISBN-13
9780198274292
SKU
9780198274292

Description

This interpretive introduction provides unique insight into Plato's Republic. Stressing Plato's desire to stimulate philosophical thinking in his readers, Julia Annas here demonstrates the coherence of his main moral argument on the nature of justice, and expounds related concepts of education, human motivation, knowledge and understanding. In a clear systematic fashion, this book shows that modern moral philosophy still has much to learn from Plato's attempt to move the focus from questions of what acts the just person ought to perform to the more profound questions of what sort of person the just person ought to be.