Plato's Utopia Recast is an illuminating reappraisal of Plato's
later works, which reveals radical changes in his ethical and
political theory. Christopher Bobonich argues that in these works
Plato both rethinks and revises important positions which he held
in his better-known earlier works such as the Republic and the
Phaedo. Bobonich analyses Plato's shift from a deeply pessimistic
view of non-philosophers in the Republic, where he held that only
philosophers were capable of virtue and happiness, to his far more
optimistic position in the Laws, where he holds that the
constitution and laws of his ideal city of Magnesia would allow all
citizens to achieve a truly good life. Bobonich sheds light on how
this and other highly significant changes in Plato's views are
grounded in changes in his psychology and epistemology. This book
will change our understanding of Plato. His controversial moral and
political theory, so influential in Western thought, will
henceforth be seen in a new light.
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