City and Soul in Plato’s Republic
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Chapter 1. The Brothers
1. The house of Cephalus
2. The values of a gentleman
3. Why govern?
4. A real man
5. The values of a philosopher
Sources and Scholarly Contexts for Chapter 1
Chapter 2. City and Soul: Misunderstandings
1. A fork in the road
2. Williams’ challenge
3. Lear’s dilemma
Sources and Scholarly Contexts for Chapter 2
Chapter 3. City and Soul: A Metaphorical Understanding
1. A proportional metaphor
2. Timocracy, oligarchy, democracy
3. Why metaphors matter
Sources and Scholarly Contexts for Chapter 3
Chapter 4. Tyrant and King
1. An asymmetry
2. The tyrant
3. The philosopher-king
4. The city and man
Sources and Scholarly Contexts for Chapter 4
References
Index locorum
Literature and Literary Criticism: Classical Languages
Philosophy: History and Classic Works
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