{"product_id":"plato-on-the-unity-of-the-virtues-9781498592031","title":"Plato on the Unity of the Virtues","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlato in the Protagoras suggests that the virtues are profoundly unified yet also distinct. In Plato on the Unity of the Virtues: A Dialectic Reading, Rod Jenks argues that the way in which they are both one and many is finally ineffable. He shows how, elsewhere in the corpus, Plato countenances ineffability. Jenks's interpretation of Protagoras accounts for the otherwise-inexplicable inability of both Socrates and Protagoras to identify the bone of contention between them. Not only can the thesis not be argued for; it can't even be properly stated. Jenks shows how the long exegesis on the Simonides poem is philosophically relevant. Further, he shows that both the parts-of-the-face analogy and the gold analogy are inadequate, arguing that Plato intends them to be so. Jenks explains why the unity thesis is supported bywhat most scholars agree areterrible arguments: the virtues are both one and many. He explains why, in spite of the unity claim being profoundly elusive, Plato believes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Quality of the Unity Arguments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Unity Passages in the Protagoras\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Unity Arguments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Rival Explanations of Unity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Other Indications of Ineffability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Meaning and Express-ability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Socratic Intellectualism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Indirect Argument in Plato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: The Importance of Unity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndexes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040861782359,"sku":"9781498592031","price":69.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498592031.jpg?v=1750948099","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plato-on-the-unity-of-the-virtues-9781498592031","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}