Table of Contents

1. The protreptic rhetoric of the Republic Harvey Yunis; 2. The place of the Republic in Plato's political thought Christopher Rowe; 3. Rewriting the poets in Plato's characters David O'Connor; 4. Wise guys and smart alecks in Republic 1 and 2 Roslyn Weiss; 5. Justice and virtue: the Republic's inquiry into proper difference Aryeh Kosman; 6. The noble lie Malcolm Schofield; 7. The three-part soul G. R. F. Ferrari; 8. Eros in the Republic Paul Ludwig; 9. The utopian character of Plato's ideal city Donald Morrison; 10. Philosophy, the forms and the art of ruling David Sedley; 11. Sun and line: the role of the good Nicholas Denyer; 12. Beginning the 'longer way' Mitchell Miller; 13. The city-soul analogy Norbert Blossner; 14. The unhappy tyrant and the craft of inner rule Richard D. Parry; 15. What is imitative poetry and why is it bad? Jessica Moss; 16. The life-and-death journey of the soul: interpreting the myth of Er Stephen Halliwell.

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This book provides a fresh and comprehensive account of the most frequently read work of Greek philosophy.

About the Author

G. R. F. Ferrari is professor of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reviews

'Eminently suited to guide students, whether graduates or advanced undergraduates, through this intimidating text while at the same time introducing them to significant contemporary disputes in its interpretation. The Companions chapters ... are to be congratulated for resisting the tendency to mystification.' Edward Butler, Metapsychology