Bibliograph

Plato's Republic, a dialogue in 16 chapters, Alain Badiou ; translated by Susan Spitzer ; introduction by Kenneth Reinhard

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Plato's Republic, a dialogue in 16 chapters, Alain Badiou ; translated by Susan Spitzer ; introduction by Kenneth Reinhard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Plato's Republic

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Alain Badiou ; translated by Susan Spitzer ; introduction by Kenneth Reinhard

Sub title

a dialogue in 16 chapters

Table Of Contents

Prologue: conversation in the villa on the harbor (327a-336b) -- Reducing the sophist to silence (336b-357a) -- The young men's and women's pressing questions (357a-368d) -- The origins of society and the state (368d-376c) -- The disciplines of the mind: literature and music (376c-403c) -- The disciplines of the body: nutrition, medicine, and physical education (403c-412c) -- Objective justice (412c-434d) -- Subjective justice (434d-449a) -- Women and families (449a-471c) -- What is a philosopher? (471c-484b) -- Philosophy and politics (484b-502c) -- What is an idea? (502c-521c) -- From mathematics to the dialectic (521c-541b) -- Critique of the four pre-communist systems of government: 1. timocracy and oligarchy (541b-555b) -- Critique of the four pre-communist systems of government: democracy and tyranny (555b-573b) -- Justice and happiness (573b-592b) -- Poetry and thought (592b-608b) -- Epilogue: the mobile eternity of subjects (608b-end) -- Notes

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