Glaucon's Fate: History, Myth, and Character in Plato's Republic

Synopsis

The 'republic' Dramatizes Socrates' Attempt To Convince Plato's Brother Glaucon That The Just Life Of Philosophy Is Preferable To The Unjust Life Of Tyranny. Jacob Howland Argues That He Failed, And That Glaucon Joined His Relatives Critias And Charmides In The Brutal Oligarchy Of The Thirty Tyrants That Governed Athens In The Immediate Aftermath Of The Peloponnesian War. What Went Wrong? This Is The Guiding Question Of 'glaucon's Fate,' A Book That Will Revolutionize Our Understanding Of Plato's Masterwork. -- Introduction: Saving The Myth : The Epic Struggle And Cosmic Voyage Of The 'republic' -- 1. Glaucon's Fate : The Historical And Literary Evidence -- 2. Socrates' Music : Glaucon And The Measures Of The 'republic' -- 3. Tyranny, Poetry, And Science : Critias In The Fragments And The Dialogues -- 4. Channeling Critias : The Road To Callipolis -- 5. Disgracing The Song : The Myths Of Callipolis -- 6. Philosophy In Eclipse : Socrates And The Kings Of Callipolis -- 7. Socrates Reborn : Myth, Memory, And The Salvation Of Philosophy. Jacob Howland. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.