The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle

The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle
Author: E. Barker
Publsiher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2012-03-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780486121390

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Cogent exposition of Greek political thought offers a comprehensive exploration of the works of Plato and Aristotle and examines state power, nature of political organization, citizenship, justice, and related concepts.

Political Thinkers Plato

Political Thinkers  Plato
Author: Robert Hall
Publsiher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2004
Genre: Philosophers
ISBN: 9780415326919

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First published in 1981 this unique study discusses the evolution of Plato's thought through the actual developments in Athenian democracy, the book also demonstrates Plato's continuing responses to changes in political theory and argues for a new understanding of Plato's goals for the state and his ultimate concern for the moral well-being of the citizens.

The Platonic Political Art

The Platonic Political Art
Author: John R. Wallach
Publsiher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2015-12-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780271031026

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In this first comprehensive treatment of Plato’s political thought in a long time, John Wallach offers a "critical historicist" interpretation of Plato. Wallach shows how Plato’s theory, while a radical critique of the conventional ethical and political practice of his own era, can be seen as having the potential for contributing to democratic discourse about ethics and politics today. The author argues that Plato articulates and "solves" his Socratic Problem in his various dialogues in different but potentially complementary ways. The book effectively extracts Plato from the straightjacket of Platonism and from the interpretive perspectives of the past fifty years—principally those of Karl Popper, Leo Strauss, Hannah Arendt, M. I. Finley, Jacques Derrida, and Gregory Vlastos. The author’s distinctive approach for understanding Plato—and, he argues, for the history of political theory in general—can inform contemporary theorizing about democracy, opening pathways for criticizing democracy on behalf of virtue, justice, and democracy itself.

Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought

Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought
Author: Tae-Yeoun Keum
Publsiher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2020-12-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780674984646

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An ambitious reinterpretation and defense of Plato’s basic enterprise and influence, arguing that the power of his myths was central to the founding of philosophical rationalism. Plato’s use of myths—the Myth of Metals, the Myth of Er—sits uneasily with his canonical reputation as the inventor of rational philosophy. Since the Enlightenment, interpreters like Hegel have sought to resolve this tension by treating Plato’s myths as mere regrettable embellishments, irrelevant to his main enterprise. Others, such as Karl Popper, have railed against the deceptive power of myth, concluding that a tradition built on Platonic foundations can be neither rational nor desirable. Tae-Yeoun Keum challenges the premise underlying both of these positions. She argues that myth is neither irrelevant nor inimical to the ideal of rational progress. She tracks the influence of Plato’s dialogues through the early modern period and on to the twentieth century, showing how pivotal figures in the history of political thought—More, Bacon, Leibniz, the German Idealists, Cassirer, and others—have been inspired by Plato’s mythmaking. She finds that Plato’s followers perennially raised the possibility that there is a vital role for myth in rational political thinking.

Great Political Thinkers

Great Political Thinkers
Author: William Ebenstein,Alan O. Ebenstein
Publsiher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 1032
Release: 2000
Genre: Political science
ISBN: PSU:000046391247

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Part I: Ancient and Medieval. 1. Roots of the West. 2. The Greek Discover of Reason in Nature. 3. Plato. 4. Aristotle. 5. Polybius. 6. Cicero. 7. Stoicism and Epicureanism: Two Hellenistic Philosophies. 8. The Jewish Belief in One God, and Christian Love. 9. St. Augustine. 10. John of Salisbury. 11. St. Thomas Aquinas. 12. Dante. 13. Marsilio of Padua. Part II: Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries. 14. Machiavelli. 15. The Protestant Reformation. 16. Bodin. 17. Hobbes. 18. Locke. 19. Montesquieu. 20. Hume. 21. Rousseau. 22. Kant. 23. Smith. 24. Burke. Part III: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. 25. Bentham. 26. Tocqueville. 27. Mill. 28. Hegel. 29. Revolutionary Communism. 30. Nietzsche. 31. Fascism. 32. Freud. 33. Gandhi. 34. From Classical Liberalism to Democratic Socialism. 35. The Welfare State. 36. Libertarianism. 37. Berlin. 38. Rawls.

Great Political Thinkers Plato to the Present

Great Political Thinkers  Plato to the Present
Author: William Ebenstein
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1965
Genre: Political science
ISBN: OCLC:1084283730

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A History of Political Thought

A History of Political Thought
Author: Jeffrey Bercuson
Publsiher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781487538415

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A History of Political Thought is an accessible introduction to the history of political and economic thought; its main focus is the rise, and eventual consolidation, of modern market society. It asks: What are the effects of private property and commerce on individual well-being and on the stability of the political community? A History of Political Thought answers this central question through the careful study of political philosophers and economists, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century. The book does not have an ideological agenda and gives equal voice to thinkers on opposite sides of the political spectrum. This is one of its key merits and a mark of distinction: its willingness to treat stark opponents – Hobbes and Locke, Smith and Marx, Keynes and Hayek, among others – as equally worthy of serious study. In doing so, the book provides students with a very powerful arsenal of ideas about the evolution of the market and also provides a solid introduction to the history of political thought.

Great Political Thinkers Plato to the Present

Great Political Thinkers  Plato to the Present
Author: William Ebenstein
Publsiher: New York : Rinehart
Total Pages: 1000
Release: 1960
Genre: Political science
ISBN: UOM:39015002401043

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