The Blackwell Guide to Plato′s Republic

Gerasimos Santas is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. His previous publications include Socrates (1979), Plato and Freud: Two Theories of Love (Blackwell, 1988), and Goodness and Justice: Plato, Aristotle and the Moderns (Blackwell, 2001).

Notes on Contributors. Editor's Introduction. 1. The Literary and Philosophical Style of The Republic: Christopher Rowe (University of Durham). 2. Allegory and Myth in Plato's Republic: Jonathan Lear (The University of Chicago). 3. Socrates' Refutation of Thrasymachus: Rachel Barney (University of Toronto). 4. Plato's Challenge: the Case Against Justice in Republic II: Christopher Shields (Oxford University). 5. The Gods and Piety of Plato's Republic: Mark L. McPherran (University of Maine). 6. Plato on Learning to Love Beauty: Gabriel Richardson Lear (The University of Chicago). 7. Methods of Reasoning About Justice in Plato's Republic: Gerasimos Santas (University of California, Irvine). 8. The Analysis of the Soul in Plato's Republic: Hendrik Lorenz (Princeton University). 9. The Divided Soul and Desire for the Good in Plato's Republic: Mariana Anagnostopoulos (California State University). 10. Plato and the Ship of State: David Keyt (University of Washington). 11. Knowledge, Recollection and the Forms in Republic VII: Michael T. Ferejohn (Duke University). 12. Plato's Theory of Forms in the Republic: Terrence Penner (University of Edinburgh). 13. Plato's Defense of Justice: Rachel G. K. Singpurwalla (Southern Illinois University). Bibliography. Index