Plato and the Individual (RLE: Plato)

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political
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Author: David Rankin ISBN: 9781136235955
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: May 7, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: David Rankin
ISBN: 9781136235955
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: May 7, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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.

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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.

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