THE METHOD FOR DISCOVERING JUSTICE IN PLATO:
INTERPRETATIVE CONTRASTS BETWEEN M. CORNFORD AND WILLIAM ALTMAN
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https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v12i2.58170Keywords:
Plato, Justice, MethodAbstract
This text discusses two antagonistic interpretations of the Platonic method for justice. It discusses whether there would be a methodological rupture, in the search for justice, carried out by Plato in relation to Socrates. Different interpretative perspectives of the text of The Republic and the consequent conflict of these views are analyzed, with the analysis of texts by the Platonic scholars Francis M. Cornford and William H. F. Altman. When confronting the two interpretative perspectives, the objective is to analyze what would be the best reading of the main Platonic dialogue, that interpretation that would come closest to the primary intention of the Greek master.
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ALTMAN, William H. F. Plato the teacher: the crisis of Republic. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2012.
CORNFORD, F. M. Plato's Commonwealth. In: The Anwritten Philosophy and Other Essays. Cambridge At The University Press. 1950.
ENGLER, M. R. Plato the Teacher: the crisis of Republic (William Altman) - resenha. Hypnos (PUCSP), v. 30, p. 139-146, 2013b. Disponível em https://www.academia.edu/9908505/Plato_the_teacher_William_Altman_Resenha. Acesso em 03/08/2020.
PLATÃO. A República. Trad. Maria H. R. Pereira. Lisboa: Fund. Calouste Gulbenkian, 2001.
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