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Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Republic
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1997
Summary
The first five chapters of the second book of Aristotle's Politics contain a series of criticisms levelled against Plato's Republic. Despite the abundance of studies that have been done on Aristotle's Politics, these chapters have for the most part been neglected; there has been no book-length study of them this century. In this important new book, Robert Mayhew fills this unfortunate gap in Aristotelian scholarship, analyzing these chapters in order to discover what they tell us about Aristotle's political philosophy. Mayhew demonstrates that in Politics II 1-5, Aristotle is presenting his views on an extremely fundamental issue: the unity of the city. Indeed, he states, almost all of Aristotle's criticisms of the Republic center on this important subject in one way or another. Only by understanding Aristotle's views on the proper unity of the city, Mayhew explains, can we adequately discover his views on the proper relationship between the individual and the city. Students and scholars of classical political philosophy will be greatly interested in this innovative book.
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Copyright year
1997
ISBN-Print
978-0-8476-8654-4
ISBN-Online
978-0-7425-8402-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
163
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Contents No access
Preface No access
List of Abbreviations No access
Chapter 1: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter 2: The Unity of the City No access Pages 13 - 36
Chapter 3: Unity and Self-Sufficiency No access Pages 37 - 58
Chapter 4: Unity and Affection No access Pages 59 - 94
Chapter 5: Unity and Property No access Pages 95 - 122
Conclusion No access Pages 123 - 128
Appendix: Aristotle on the Extent of Platonic Communism No access Pages 129 - 138
