Lectures on the Republic of Plato - Paperback

by Richard Lewis Nettleship (Author)

CONTENTS: Examination of Some Representative Opinions about Justice Statement of the Problem of the 'Republic' The Main Elements of the Society and of Human Nature Indicated Education of Rulers in Early Life Principles of Government in the Ideal State Statement of the Principle of Justice Communism and Digression on Usages of War Philosophy and the State The Good as the Supreme Object of Knowledge The Four Stages of Intelligence Education in Science and Philosophy Successive Stages of Decline of Society and of the Soul Comparison of the Just and the Unjust Life Digression On Poetry The Future Life of the Soul