Levels of argument : a comparative study of Plato's republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics
By: Scott, Dominic.
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BookPublisher: Oxford: Oxford university press, 2015Description: vi,235p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780198801610.Subject(s): Plato's Republic | Role of Metaphysics | Endoxic Method | Political Science | Limits of Precision | Aristotle and the Race Course | Structure of the Republic | Cave AllegoryDDC classification: 321.07 Summary: Dominic Scott compares the 'Republic' and 'Nicomachean Ethics' from a methodological perspective. He argues that Plato and Aristotle distinguish similar levels of argument in the defence of justice, and that they both follow the same approach: Plato because he thinks it will suffice, Aristotle because he thinks there is no need to go beyond it.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dominic Scott compares the 'Republic' and 'Nicomachean Ethics' from a methodological perspective. He argues that Plato and Aristotle distinguish similar levels of argument in the defence of justice, and that they both follow the same approach: Plato because he thinks it will suffice, Aristotle because he thinks there is no need to go beyond it.
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