Socrates' Second Sailing: On Plato's Republic / Edition 2

by Seth Benardete

Overview

In this section-by-section commentary, Benardete argues that Plato's Republic is a holistic analysis of the beautiful, the good, and the just. This book provides a fresh interpretation of the Republic and a new understanding of philosophy as practiced by Plato and Socrates.

"Cryptic allusions, startling paradoxes, new questions . . . all work to give brilliant new insights into the Platonic text."--Arlene W. Saxonhouse, Political Theory

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226042442
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	10/15/1992
Series:	On Plato's Republic
Edition description:	1
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Seth Benardete (1930-2001) was professor of classics at New York University. In addition to NYU he taught at The New School, Harvard University, Brandeis University, and St. John's College in Annapolis. He was the author or translator of many books, most recently The Argument of the Action, Plato's "Laws," and Plato's "Symposium," all published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I - Book I
1. Socrates (327a1-328c4)
2. Cephalus (328c5-331d3)
3. Polemarchus (331d4-336a8)
4. Thrasymachus I (336a9-347a6)
5. Thrasymachus II (347a7-354c3)
Part II - Books II-IV: The Beautiful
6. Glaucon and Adimantus (357a1-368c3)
7. The Two Cities (368c4-373e8)
8. Philosopher-Dogs (373e9-376c6)
9. Education (376c7-378e3)
10. Theology (378e4-383c7)
11. Courage and Moderation (386a1-392c5)
12. Emulation and Imitation (392c6-398b9)
13. Music and Gymnastic (398c1-412b7)
14. The Noble Lie (412b8-417b9)
15. Happiness (419a1-422a3)
16. War and Revolution (422a4-427c5)
17. Justice (427c6-434c6)
18. Leontius (434c7-441c8)
19. Nature and Species (441c9-445e4)
Part III - Books V-VII: The Good
20. The Woman-Drama (449a1-452e3)
21. Equality (452e4-457b6)
22. Communism (457b7-466d5)
23. War (466d6-471c3)
24. Speech and Deed (471c4-474c4)
25. Knowledge and Opinion (474c5-484d10)
26. The Philosophic Nature (485a1-487a6)
27. The Philosopher-King (487a7-502c8)
28. The Good (502c9-506d1)
29. Sun, Line, Cave (506d2-516c3)
30. Ascent and Descent (516c4-521b11)
31. Mathematics and Dialectics (521c1-541b5)
Part IV - Books VIII-X: The Just
32. The Fall (543a1-550c3)
33. Oligarchy (550c4-555b2)
34. Democracy (555b3-562a3)
35. Tyranny (562a4-576b6)
36. The Three Comparisons (576b7-588a11)
37. Poetry (588b1-608b10)
38. Soul (608cl-612b6)
39. The Myth of Er (612b7-621d3)
General Index
Index of Republic Passages Discussed

Editorial Reviews

This citation erroneously appeared in the June UPBN as U. of So. Carolina Press. The title alludes to the phrase Plato has Socrates use in his intellectual autobiography in the Phaedo. Benardete (classics, NYU), in this section-by-section commentary, provides a fresh interpretation of the Republic and a new understanding of philosophy as practiced by Plato and Socrates. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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