Plato’s ›Statesman‹ Revisited by Beatriz Bossi

Plato’s ›Statesman‹ Revisited by Beatriz Bossi

This volume tackles both the apparent lack of unity and the perplexing philosophical content of the Statesman as it explores, in what is now Plato's second account, subsequent to that of the Republic, of what would constitute the best society, the role and nature of the statesman in it; the art of governance of it; the role and nature of its laws; the role and status of its female citizens; and how the virtues are interwoven within it, along with many other topics, including (in a major Myth) that of the origins of the universe and of humankind. Coming as they do from often widely differing hermeneutical traditions, the authors in the volume offer responses to substantive and intriguing questions that the dialogue raises which are frequently divergent, but by that very token of much value in any attempt to interpret a complex and multifaceted work.

Beatriz Bossi, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Thomas M. Robinson, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

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ISBN 13	9783110710168
ISBN 10	3110710161
Title	Plato’s ›Statesman‹ Revisited
Author	Beatriz Bossi
Series	Trends In Classics - Supplementary Volumes
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	De Gruyter
Year published	2020-07-06
Number of pages	367
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