Book contents
- Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
- Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Republic
- Chapter 1 Plato on why mathematics is good for the soul
- Chapter 2 Long walk to wisdom
- Chapter 3 The truth of tripartition
- Chapter 4 Plato and the dairy-maids: the distribution of happiness inside and outside the ideal city of the Republic
- Chapter 5 Justice writ large and small in Republic IV
- Chapter 6 Fathers and sons in Plato’s Republic and Philebus
- Chapter 7 By the Dog
- Chapter 8 Culture and Society in Plato’s Republic
- Part II The past in the present
- Appendix: The archaeology of feeling
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
Chapter 6 - Fathers and sons in Plato’s Republic and Philebus
from Part I - The Republic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 March 2022
- Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
- Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Republic
- Chapter 1 Plato on why mathematics is good for the soul
- Chapter 2 Long walk to wisdom
- Chapter 3 The truth of tripartition
- Chapter 4 Plato and the dairy-maids: the distribution of happiness inside and outside the ideal city of the Republic
- Chapter 5 Justice writ large and small in Republic IV
- Chapter 6 Fathers and sons in Plato’s Republic and Philebus
- Chapter 7 By the Dog
- Chapter 8 Culture and Society in Plato’s Republic
- Part II The past in the present
- Appendix: The archaeology of feeling
- Bibliography
- Index locorum
Summary
A diagnosis and discussion of the trope of paternity – biological and dialectical – with which Plato plays in Republic and Philebus.
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- Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy , pp. 138 - 147Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022