Plato: Moral and Political Ideals

Adela Marion Adam deals with the main substance of Plato's philosophy of ethics and politics, set within the context of his intellectual debt to Socrates.

Adela Marion Adam (Author)

9781107401860, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 August 2011

174 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1 cm, 0.2 kg

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. Plato: Moral and Political Ideals by Adela Marion Adam, first printed in 1913, deals with the main substance of Plato's philosophy of ethics and politics, set within the context of his intellectual debt to Socrates.

1. Greek ethics and politics before Socrates
2. The moral and political teaching of Socrates
3. Plato as a pupil of Socrates
4. Early development of Plato's views
5. Extension of Rationalism
6. Criticism of contemporary education
7. Rhetoric and disputation
8. The true philosopher in life and death
9. General plan of the Republic
10. General plan of The Republic - continued
11. Last books of the Republic
12. The value attached by Plato to education
13. The position of women in the Platonic commonwealths
14. Platonic communism and state regulation
15. The philosopher in the Politicus and Theaetetus - conclusion
Note on books
Index.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA]