Justice in Plato's Republic
€50.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781009466516 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roslyn Weiss |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.323 |
| Publishing Date | 18/06/2026 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €48.02 |
| Tax | €2.88 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €50.90 |
| Availability | 3 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
In Book 4 of Plato's Republic, Socrates introduces what is regarded by scholars as the Platonic account of justice, according to which it is essentially internal and self-regarding, a matter of relations among the parts of a city or soul. In this book, Roslyn Weiss contends that there is another notion of justice, as other-regarding and external, which is to be found in a series of conversations in Book 1 between Socrates and three successive interlocutors. Weiss considers the relationship between justice as conceived in Book 1 and Book 4, and carefully examines what can be learned from each of the arguments. Her close analysis of Book 1 brings to light what Socrates really believed about justice, and extracts and explores this Book's many insights concerning justice—at both the political and the personal level.