{"product_id":"plato-on-the-limits-of-human-life-paperback-softback-9780253008879","title":"Plato on the Limits of Human Life (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253008879","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlato on the Limits of Human Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSara Brill (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253008879\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 June 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.408 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sara Brill takes on at least two significant issues in Platonic scholarship: the nature of the soul, and especially the language of immortality in its description, and the relationship between politics and psychology. She treats each one of these topics in a fresh and nuanced way. Her writing is beautiful and fluid.\"—Marina McCoy, \u003ci\u003eBoston College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[This is] a book that is an ambitious, well-researched and provocative scholarly reflection on soul in the Platonic corpus.\"—\u003ci\u003ePolis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy focusing on the immortal character of the soul in key Platonic dialogues, Sara Brill shows how Plato thought of the soul as remarkably flexible, complex, and indicative of the inner workings of political life and institutions. As she explores the character of the soul, Brill reveals the corrective function that law and myth serve. If the soul is limitless, she claims, then the city must serve a regulatory or prosthetic function and prop up good political institutions against the threat of the soul's excess. Brill's sensitivity to dramatic elements and discursive strategies in Plato's dialogues illuminates the intimate connection between city and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. \u003ci\u003ePhaedo\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e1 Socratic Prothumia\u003cbr\u003e 2 The Body-like Soul \u003cbr\u003e 3 Psychic Geography\u003cbr\u003e Part II. \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e4 City and Soul\u003cbr\u003e 5 Psychic Fragmentation\u003cbr\u003e 6 Philosophy in the City\u003cbr\u003e 7 Politics and Immortality\u003cbr\u003e Part III.\u003ci\u003e Laws\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e8 Psychology for Legislators\u003cbr\u003e 9 Psychology for the Legislated\u003cbr\u003e 10 Psychic Excess\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523887722776,"sku":"9780253008879","price":20.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/plato-on-the-limits-of-human-life-paperback-softback-9780253008879","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}