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10 - The Defense of Justice in Plato’s Republic
- By Richard Kraut
Edited by David Ebrey, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Richard Kraut, Northwestern University, Illinois
Book:

The Cambridge Companion to Plato

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21 July 2022

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04 August 2022, pp 298-327
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There is one fundamental argument in the Republic for the conclusion that justice is the greatest good. It begins in Book II; although adumbrated in Book IV, it is not completed until Book IX; and it draws essentially on material in Books VI and VII about Platonic forms, knowledge, and philosophical training. Justice consists in the rule of reason over spirit and appetite, but to understand the value of this state fully we must see how it is instantiated in the philosopher. Goodness consists in order, and by cognizing and loving forms (the most orderly objects there are) the philosopher possesses the highest goods. A fully just person is a creator and lover of orderly relationships among human beings. This condition exists to some degree in all just individuals, but it is most fully present in those who understand what justice is – philosophers.

220 - Julius Caesar: Stage Interpretations from the 1970s to the 1990s
from Part XXII - Production History
- By Marvin Spevack, Marga Munkelt
Edited by Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California
Edited in association with Katherine Rowe, Smith College, Massachusetts
With Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Akiko Kusunoki, Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Aimara da Cunha Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Book:

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare

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17 August 2019

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21 January 2016, pp 1594-1599
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Part XVIII - Shakespeare and Popular Culture
- By Douglas Lanier
Edited by Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California
Edited in association with Katherine Rowe, Smith College, Massachusetts
With Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Akiko Kusunoki, Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Aimara da Cunha Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Book:

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare

Published online:

17 August 2019

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21 January 2016, pp 1261-1338
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181 - Iconic Characters: Richard III
from Part XVIII - Shakespeare and Popular Culture
- By Laura Silva
Edited by Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California
Edited in association with Katherine Rowe, Smith College, Massachusetts
With Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Akiko Kusunoki, Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Aimara da Cunha Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Book:

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare

Published online:

17 August 2019

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21 January 2016, pp 1330-1332
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Part XXII - Production History
- By Joseph Roach
Edited by Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California
Edited in association with Katherine Rowe, Smith College, Massachusetts
With Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Akiko Kusunoki, Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Aimara da Cunha Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Book:

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare

Published online:

17 August 2019

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21 January 2016, pp 1545-1610
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