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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2021
      July 2021
      ISBN:
      9781009025379
      9781316516874
      9781009016407
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009025379
      Dimensions:
      (235 x 157 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 240 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.37kg, 252 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
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    Plato's Sun-Like Good is a revolutionary discussion of the Republic's philosopher-rulers, their dialectic, and their relation to the form of the good. With detailed arguments Sarah Broadie explains how, if we think of the form of the good as 'interrogative', we can re-conceive those central reference-points of Platonism in down-to-earth terms without loss to our sense of Plato's philosophical greatness. The book's main aims are: first, to show how for Plato the form of the good is of practical value in a way that we can understand; secondly, to make sense of the connection he draws between dialectic and the form of the good; and thirdly, to make sense of the relationship between the form of the good and other forms while respecting the contours of the sun-good analogy and remaining faithful to the text of the Republic itself.

    Reviews

    ‘Sarah Broadie’s new book is one of the most exciting and important books I have read on Plato’s Republic. Its rigorous and systematic challenge to orthodox ways of understanding what the form of good is, and why mathematics plays a central role in a philosopher’s education, will be debated for many years to come.’

    Richard Kraut - Northwestern University

    ‘… exemplary and inspiring.'

    William Altman Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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