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1、THEEDUCATIONOFTHEIRRATIONALINPLATO‟SLAWSADissertationSubmittedtotheGraduateSchooloftheUniversityofNotreDameinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofDoctorofPhilosophybyJillBudnyMcCormickCatherineH.Zuckert,DirectorGraduatePrograminPoliticalScienceNotreDame,IndianaApril2009UMINumber:344206
2、8AllrightsreservedINFORMATIONTOALLUSERSThequalityofthisreproductionisdependentuponthequalityofthecopysubmitted.Intheunlikelyeventthattheauthordidnotsendacompletemanuscriptandtherearemissingpages,thesewillbenoted.Also,ifmaterialhadtoberemoved,anotewillindicatethedeletion.UMI3442068Copyright2011byPr
3、oQuestLLC.Allrightsreserved.ThiseditionoftheworkisprotectedagainstunauthorizedcopyingunderTitle17,UnitedStatesCode.ProQuestLLC789EastEisenhowerParkwayP.O.Box1346AnnArbor,MI48106-1346THEEDUCATIONOFTHEIRRATIONALINPLATO‟SLAWSAbstractbyJillBudnyMcCormickThroughtheargumentandactionoftheLaws,Platoteache
4、shisreadersthatpoliticallifewillneverreachastateofrationalperfection,butprogressispossiblethroughincrementalreformsintroducedthroughgentlepersuasion.Thesereformsshouldstrengthentheleadershipofreason,butalsoeducatetheirrationaltosupportthisrulewillingly,therebyestablishingharmonybetweenthem.TheAthe
5、nianStrangerencourageshisinterlocutorstoaspiretowardthisgoalbydemonstratingnewapproachestolawgivingandtoeducationbasedonhisdoublevision.Thisentailsenvisioningtheperfectlyorderedcityandsoulashistelos,whilealsoacknowledgingthewaysinwhichhisactualcityandcitizensfallshortofthisideal.Finally,theAthenia
6、nadvocatesusinggentlepersuasiontomovethelattertowardstheformer.Persuasionincorporatesargument,butalsoaddressesthepassionsthroughpleasure,poetry,habituation,appealstothedivine,honor,andshame.TheAthenianalsodemonstratesthatwhilegentlepersuasionmaybesuccessfulinprivateeducation,ithaslimitationswhenap
7、pliedtothecitybylawgivers.Specifically,althoughtheAtheniandoespersuadehisinterlocutorstofollowtheleadershipofintelligence,heislesssuccessfulincreatinganeffectivepublicpaideiaforhiscityinspeech.However,unlikeSocra