This volume, the fourth in the series "Edinburgh Leventis Studies,"
comprises a selection of papers from the conference held in
Edinburgh in March 2005, when Professor Terry Penner was the
visiting Leventis Research Professor of Greek.
It brings together contributions from leading Plato scholars
from Britain, Europe and North America on a closely defined topic
central to Plato's thought and to Ancient Philosophy --Plato's
"Form of the Good," The importance of the collection lies in the
combination and presentation in one place of a range of different
approaches to the good in Plato's "Republic," and different
solutions to the problems posed and proposed by these approaches.
The two central issues, which form an underlying thread throughout
the collection, are: first whether Plato's "Republic" is centred on
what is good for individual humans, or on some quasi-moral good;
and secondly, what the Form of the Good is.
"Pursuing the Good" goes beyond recent studies in the field,
and will appeal to Classicists and Philosophers alike. To the
advanced student, it represents a wide-ranging introduction to
central issues of Plato's philosophy; for the academic it will
provide stimulus through antithetical and controversial solutions
to questions old and new.
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