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BL
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625926
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Brill, Sara.
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| Title & Author
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Plato on the limits of human life /\ Sara Brill.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in Continental thought.
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x, 260 pages ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780253008824 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0253008824 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780253008879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0253008875 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-256) and index.
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| Contents
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Phaedo. Socratic Prothumia ; The Body-like Soul ; Psychic Geography -- Republic. City and Soul ; Psychic Fragmentation ; Philosophy in the City ; Politics and Immortality -- Laws. Psychology for Legislators ; Psychology for the Legislated ; Psychic Excess.
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| Abstract
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Focuses on the immortal character of the soul in key Platonic dialogues to show how Plato thought of the soul as flexible, complex, and indicative of the inner workings of political life and institutions, illuminating the connection between city and soul.
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Plato.
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Soul.
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| Dewey Classification
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128/.1092
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| LC Classification
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B398.S7B75 2013
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