One of the outstanding thinkers of our time offers in this book his final words to posterity. Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy was well underway at the time of Leo Strauss's death in 1973. Having chosen the title for the book, he selected the most important writings of his later years and arranged them to clarify the issues in political philosophy that occupied his atte...(展开全部)

One of the outstanding thinkers of our time offers in this book his final words to posterity. Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy was well underway at the time of Leo Strauss's death in 1973. Having chosen the title for the book, he selected the most important writings of his later years and arranged them to clarify the issues in political philosophy that occupied his atte...(展开全部)

Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of Late Antiquity, from Plotinus (third century) to the sixth-century schools in Athens and Alexandria, neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in their concentration on an otherworldly life. Dominic O'Meara presents a revelatory reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their other worldliness ...(展开全部)

Conventional wisdom suggests that the Platonist philosophers of Late Antiquity, from Plotinus (third century) to the sixth-century schools in Athens and Alexandria, neglected the political dimension of their Platonic heritage in their concentration on an otherworldly life. Dominic O'Meara presents a revelatory reappraisal of these thinkers, arguing that their other worldliness ...(展开全部)

这是施特劳斯的最后一部作品，由15篇论文、笔记和评论组成。其中只有很少一部分致力于柏拉图作品的研究或者涉及柏拉图的作品。但是，只要仔细阅读这些片段，并重温其中援引的施特劳斯的早前著作，就会发现，这里的每篇作品都是针对柏拉图式政治哲学的研究，都在实现这样一种哲学探索，都是这样一种哲学探索的典范。 目录

这是施特劳斯的最后一部作品，由15篇论文、笔记和评论组成。其中只有很少一部分致力于柏拉图作品的研究或者涉及柏拉图的作品。但是，只要仔细阅读这些片段，并重温其中援引的施特劳斯的早前著作，就会发现，这里的每篇作品都是针对柏拉图式政治哲学的研究，都在实现这样一种哲学探索，都是这样一种哲学探索的典范。 目录

This book consists of Gregory Vlastos' studies on a variety of themes in Plato's metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and social philosophy. Although many of the essays have appeared in various philosophical and classical journals or symposia, new in the volume are two major studies. One is on Plato's theory of love, exploring its metaphysical dimension and its far-reaching imp...(展开全部)

Political philosophy asks questions of great importance to our lives, both as individuals and members of political communities: What is justice? What does the state owe to its citizens? Under which conditions are different forms of government likely to be stable? The relevance of empirical research to such questions, however, has been largely underexplored. Introducing experime...(展开全部)

Who ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? How should conflict be controlled? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman? These questions probe some of the deepest and most enduring problems that every society confronts, regardless of time and place. Today we ask the same crucial questions about law, authority, justice, and freedom that Plato, Aristotle, Ma...(展开全部)

Who ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? How should conflict be controlled? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman? These questions probe some of the deepest and most enduring problems that every society confronts, regardless of time and place. Today we ask the same crucial questions about law, authority, justice, and freedom that Plato, Aristotle, Ma...(展开全部)