This book explores the life-history of the individual within the context of Plato’s social thought. The author examines Plato’s treatment of the principal crises in an individual life - birth, educational selection, sex, the individual’s contract with society, old age, death, and life after death – and provides an unprecedented analysis of Plato’s theory of genetics as it appears in the Timaeus. Comparisons are made with contemporary developments in anthropology, sociology, and comparative myth but without losing sight of the fact that Plato, whilst having much to say to the modern world, was not a modern.
| ISBN: | 9781138007703 |
| Publication date: | 10th June 2014 |
| Author: | David Rankin |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Plato |
| Genres: |
Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy |
This book explores the life-history of the individual within the context of Plato’s social thought. The author examines Plato’s treatment of the principal crises in an individual life - birth, educational selection, sex, the individual’s contract with society, old age, death, and life after death – and provides an unprecedented analysis of Plato’s theory of genetics as it appears in the Timaeus.
Plato and the Individual (RLE: Plato) features in the following genres: Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
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Plato and the Individual (RLE: Plato) was written by David Rankin and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Plato and the Individual (RLE: Plato) has 160 pages
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