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13. On Plato’s Political Philosophy
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Editors’ Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- A Note on the Manuscript xvii
- Introduction: Socratic Educations: On the Writings of Christopher Bruell 1
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Part I. Introductions
- 1 Liberal Education and Education for Citizenship 51
- 2. On Reading Plato Today 65
- 3. Plato and Relativism 79
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Part II. Beginnings
- 4. Thucydides’ View of Athenian Imperialism 93
- 5. Socratic Politics and Self-Knowledge: An Interpretation of Plato’s Charmides 107
- 6. On the Original Meaning of Political Philosophy: An Interpretation of Plato’s Lovers 179
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Part III. Writings on Strauss
- 7. Strauss on Xenophon’s Socrates 201
- 8. A Return to Classical Political Philosophy and the Understanding of the American Founding 255
- 9. “True Esotericism” 269
- 10. On the Place of the Treatment of Classical Philosophy in the Plan of Natural Right and History as a Whole 277
- 11. The Question of Nature and the Thought of Leo Strauss 285
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Part IV. Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle
- 12 Xenophon 299
- 13. On Plato’s Political Philosophy 331
- 14. Aristotle on Theory and Practice 351
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Part V. Death and Happiness
- 15 Death in the Perspective of Philosophy 367
- 16. Happiness in the Perspective of Philosophy 383
- 17. What Xenophon Learned from Socrates about Philosophy and the Philosophic Life 399
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Part VI. An Undelivered Lecture
- 18 Theses Bearing on the Understanding of Aristotle’s Natural Science 415
- Index 435
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Editors’ Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- A Note on the Manuscript xvii
- Introduction: Socratic Educations: On the Writings of Christopher Bruell 1
-
Part I. Introductions
- 1 Liberal Education and Education for Citizenship 51
- 2. On Reading Plato Today 65
- 3. Plato and Relativism 79
-
Part II. Beginnings
- 4. Thucydides’ View of Athenian Imperialism 93
- 5. Socratic Politics and Self-Knowledge: An Interpretation of Plato’s Charmides 107
- 6. On the Original Meaning of Political Philosophy: An Interpretation of Plato’s Lovers 179
-
Part III. Writings on Strauss
- 7. Strauss on Xenophon’s Socrates 201
- 8. A Return to Classical Political Philosophy and the Understanding of the American Founding 255
- 9. “True Esotericism” 269
- 10. On the Place of the Treatment of Classical Philosophy in the Plan of Natural Right and History as a Whole 277
- 11. The Question of Nature and the Thought of Leo Strauss 285
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Part IV. Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle
- 12 Xenophon 299
- 13. On Plato’s Political Philosophy 331
- 14. Aristotle on Theory and Practice 351
-
Part V. Death and Happiness
- 15 Death in the Perspective of Philosophy 367
- 16. Happiness in the Perspective of Philosophy 383
- 17. What Xenophon Learned from Socrates about Philosophy and the Philosophic Life 399
-
Part VI. An Undelivered Lecture
- 18 Theses Bearing on the Understanding of Aristotle’s Natural Science 415
- Index 435