6. Objective Justice (412c–434d)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Translator’s Preface xxiv
5. Author’s Preface to The English Edition xxix
6. Preface xxxi
7. Characters xxxvi
8. Prologue 1
9. 1. Reducing the Sophist to Silence (336b–357a) 14
10. 2. The Young People’s Pressing Questions (357a–368d) 45
11. 3. The Origins of Society and the State (368d–376c) 63
12. 4. The Disciplines of the Mind 76
13. 5. The Disciplines of the Body 93
14. 6. Objective Justice (412c–434d) 106
15. 7. Subjective Justice (434d–449a) 131
16. 8. Women and Families (449a–471c) 148
17. 9. What Is a Philosopher? (471c–484b) 162
18. 10. Philosophy and Politics (484b–502c) 183
19. 11. What Is an Idea? (502c–521c) 197
20. 12. From Mathematics to the Dialectic (521c–541b) 224
21. 13. Critique of the Four Pre-Communist Systems of Government 245
22. 14. Critique of the Four Pre-Communist Systems of Government 263
23. 15. Justice and Happiness (573b–592b) 291
24. 16. Poetry and Thought (592b–608b) 316
25. Epilogue 337
26. Notes 355
27. Bibliography 368
28. Index 371