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Plato: Political Philosophy (Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought). By Malcolm Schofield

Plato: Political Philosophy (Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought). By Malcolm Schofield Pp. x, 384 , Oxford University Press , 2006 , £55.00 . The work of Plato's which has, by a long margin, the most written about it year after year is, not surprisingly, Republic . Under these circumstances, it is not easy to take a fresh look at the dialogue, but that is exactly what Schofield has succeeded in doing. Not that his book is exclusively about Republic – there are also useful sections on, especially, Laws and Statesman – but it is predominantly a series of reflections on Republic . Rather than reading the dialogue from start to finish, Schofield adopts a thematic approach, focusing on those areas of the dialogue which best suit a book in a series devoted to the founders of modern political and social thought. In fact, Schofield's familiarity with modern political thinking is one of the great strengths of the book, and one of the hooks that enable him to find fresh aspects of this most‐studied dialogue. One brief example of this: it has been common to find one of the sources of Plato's anti‐liberalism and anti‐pluralism in his demand that Republic 's Kallipolis be a unity, but comparison with Rawls somewhat http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Heythrop Journal Wiley

Plato: Political Philosophy (Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought). By Malcolm Schofield

Waterfield, Robin
The Heythrop Journal , Volume 48 (6) – Nov 1, 2007
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Copyright © 2007 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0018-1196
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10.1111/j.1468-2265.2007.00353_1.x
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Pp. x, 384 , Oxford University Press , 2006 , £55.00 . The work of Plato's which has, by a long margin, the most written about it year after year is, not surprisingly, Republic . Under these circumstances, it is not easy to take a fresh look at the dialogue, but that is exactly what Schofield has succeeded in doing. Not that his book is exclusively about Republic – there are also useful sections on, especially, Laws and Statesman – but it is predominantly a series of reflections on Republic . Rather than reading the dialogue from start to finish, Schofield adopts a thematic approach, focusing on those areas of the dialogue which best suit a book in a series devoted to the founders of modern political and social thought. In fact, Schofield's familiarity with modern political thinking is one of the great strengths of the book, and one of the hooks that enable him to find fresh aspects of this most‐studied dialogue. One brief example of this: it has been common to find one of the sources of Plato's anti‐liberalism and anti‐pluralism in his demand that Republic 's Kallipolis be a unity, but comparison with Rawls somewhat

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