Plato and the Individual

ISBN-13: 9780415624114 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 152 str.

David Rankin

Opis

This text explores the history of the individual within the context of Plato's social thought. The author examines Plato's treatment of the principal crises in a life: birth, educational selection, sex, the individual's contract with society, old age, death and life after death, and provides an analysis of Plato's theory of genetics.

Spis treści

1. The Theme of the Individual 2. Beginnings 3. A Hesitant Eugenic 4. Magic, Thinking and Selection by Merit 5. Man, Woman, and Eros 6. The Individual’s Contract 7. Old Age, Thanatos, and Last Things 8. Facing the Ideal Society. Citations of Plato’s Works. Index.

O autorze

David Rankin