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1、PHILOSOPHY•CLASSICSDORTERKENNETHDORTERKennethDorter,inapassage-by-passageanalysis,tracesPlato’sdepictionofhowthemostbasicformsofhumanfunctioningandsocialjusticecontaintheseedoftheirevolutionintoincreasinglycomplexstructures,aswellastheseedoftheirdege
2、neration.DorteralsoexaminesPlato’stendencytobeginaninvestigationwithmodelsbasedonrigiddistinctionsforthesakeofclarity,whicharesubsequentlytransformedintomorefluidconceptionsthatnolongersacri-ficecomplexityandsubtletyforclarity.Itistheauthor’sclaimtha
3、tvirtuallyeverypositivedoc-trineputforthinthedialogueisproblematizedsomewhereelseinthedialogue.ThisaccountsOFTHEfortheapparentincoherenceamongvariouspartsoftheRepublic.ThedramaticchangesofstyleandcontentbetweenBooks1,4,7,and9giveitanappearancePLATO’S
4、TRANSFORMATIONofbeingapasticheofmaterialwrittenatdifferenttimes,asitisofteninterpreted.Dorterlocatesanunderlyingstructurethatexplainsthesechanges.Itiswidelyrecognizedthatthedia-logueisorganizedsymmetricallyintheformofanarch,withthebeginningandendshar
5、ingrelatedthemes,thesecondandpenultimatesectionssharingotherrelatedthemes,andsoonuntiltheforwardseriesandthereverseseriesmeetinthemiddleofthedialogue.Dorter’sorig-REPUBLICinalclaimisthatthesymmetricalsegmentsofthearchreflectthelevelsofthe“DividedLine
6、.”DortercontendsthattheoverallorganizationoftheRepubliccanbeseentoillustrateandimi-tatethephilosophers’ascentfromthecaveandtheirsubsequentreturntoitwithalteredper-spectives.Thiserudite,salient,andexpansivenewlookatPlato’sRepublicisessentialforphiloso
7、phers,politicaltheorists,andanyoneinterestedinPlatoscholarship.KENNETHDORTERisProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofGuelph,Ontario,Canada.THETRANSFORMATIONForordersandinformationpleasecontactthepublisherLEXINGTONBOOKSOFPLATO’SAdivisionofRowman&Little
8、fieldPublishers,Inc.4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200Lanham,Maryland207061-800-462-6420•www.lexingtonbooks.comREPUBLICTheTransformationofPlato’sRepublicTheTransformationofPlato’sRepublicKennethDorterLexingtonbooksAdivisionofROWMAN&LITTLEFIELDPUBLISHERS,IN
