Finding Moderation in Plato'sRepublic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3970035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Rabinowitz (0000-0003-4047-2654, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 236-254 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The European Legacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10848770.2023.2175422 |
| OpenAlex | W4319965843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article examines Plato’s understanding of moderation. I begin with a brief discussion of Plato’s Charmides, the dialogue in which Socrates asks, “What is moderation?” in order to frame a detailed treatment of key passages in Plato’s Republic where we find a definitive answer. I show the progress of the Republic to be an intentional development on Plato’s part, moving readers from a conventional understanding of moderation as mastery to a more compelling ideal: moderation as a harmony of the city and of the soul. Bringing moderation out from under the shadow of justice illuminates the dialogue’s otherwise perplexing presentation of the relationship between these two virtues and helps us to see both the role moderation plays in Plato’s thought, and what his vision might contribute to our own understanding of the virtue
Aesthetics · Economics · Epistemology · Great Moderation · Mirroring · Moderation · Psychoanalysis · SOCRATES · Soul · The Republic · Virtue · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Ethics in medical practice · Philosophy · Psychology · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought · Social Psychology
Sophrosyne
A Virtue for Courageous Minds
Plato’s Charmides
The Unhappy Tyrant and the Craft of Inner Rule
How Philosophy Became Socratic
Virtue as the Love of Knowledge in Plato's Symposium and Republic
Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens
Plato's Charmides
The Three-Part Soul
The Use and Abuse of Critias
Looks Matter
How Does Law Rule? Plato on Habit, Political Education, and Legislation
Wages of War
Musical Mimesis and Political Ethos in Plato’s Republic
The Ecological Sustainability of Plato’s Republic
Faces of Moderation
Tyranny and Self-Knowledge
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |