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- Plato and the Virtue of Courage
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
summary
Winner of the first Delba Winthrop Mansfield Award for Excellence in Political SciencePlato and the Virtue of Courage canvasses contemporary discussions of courage and offers a new and controversial account of Plato's treatment of the concept. Linda R. Rabieh examines Plato's two main thematic discussions of courage, in the Laches and the Republic, and discovers that the two dialogues together yield a coherent, unified treatment of courage that explores a variety of vexing questions: Can courage be separated from justice, so that one can act courageously while advancing an unjust cause? Can courage be legitimately called a virtue? What role does wisdom play in courage? What role does courage play in wisdom? Based on Plato's presentation, Rabieh argues that a refined version of traditional heroic courage, notwithstanding certain excesses to which it is prone, is worth honoring and cultivating for several reasons. Chief among these is that, by facilitating the pursuit of wisdom, such courage can provide a crucial foundation for the courage most deserving of the name.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- Chapter Four: The Nature of Spiritedness
- pp. 95-111
- Chapter Six: Courage and Philosophy
- pp. 135-160
- Conclusion: The Promise of Courage
- pp. 161-170
- Bibliography
- pp. 199-206
Additional Information
ISBN
9780801889493
Related ISBN(s)
9780801884696
MARC Record
OCLC
213305509
Pages
224
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No