10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEONECTIC»
Discover the use of
pleonectic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pleonectic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Plato on Justice and Power: Reading Book I of Plato's Republic
His first question to Thrasymachus attempts to extract from him the admission that
if pleonexia is the motivation of the unjust as he thinks of them, the motivation of
those he thinks of as just will be the opposite; that it will be 'anti- pleonectic'.
2
Morality and Self-Interest
In short, the pleonectic may be a fascinating philosophical case study, but he
hardly represents the typical or paradigmatic instance ofbadness. Bloomfield
seems to think that the pleonectic represents the toughest case, and thus that if
even ...
Paul Bloomfield Associate Professor of Philosophy University of Connecticut, 2007
3
The Blackwell Guide to Plato's Republic
... more, by virtue of someone else's having less (see LSJ, under pleonekteô, esp.
senses I.3, II.1–2). And so understood, Socrates seems to be right that craft-
performance is not pleonectic, however competitive it may be in a broader sense.
4
The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in ...
The legislators will have to seek out and punish, among others, those who exhibit
pleonectic desires such as those which Thrasymachus espoused in book 2 of the
Republic. The Athenian Stranger remarks: There are some souls that live on ...
5
Great Books, Bad Arguments: "Republic, Leviathan", and "The ...
... the pleonectic of gain are re- strained by vigilant monitoring and compulsory
sharing, the pleonectic of prestige by ridicule and ostracism, and the pleonectic of
physical power by counter-dominant coalitions. Yes, there are bullies, braggarts,
...
The nature and scope of pleonexia can be gleaned from Thrasymachus'
encomium of the pleonectic tyrant (R. I.343E7—34408), Glaucon's story of Gyges'
unrestrained pleonexia (R. II.3 59136—3 60132), and Socrates' castigation of the
...
7
Eco-republic: What the Ancients Can Teach Us about Ethics, ...
The individual would only live well, for Smith, if he or she resisted pleonectic
temptation and moderated his or her behaviour according to a complex ethical
code with Stoic inflections. Nevertheless, society as a whole could benefit from
the ...
8
Aristotle and the Virtues
Foster distinguishes mean people and pleonectic people as follows. Mean
people are too reluctant to give; they hoard their wealth when they could afford to
benefit others; they are stingy. By contrast, pleonectic people are too eager to
take; ...
9
Euripides: Phoenician Women
D. Braund (1997), 'Plutarch's Pyrrhus and Euripides' Phoenician Women:
Biography and Tragedy on Pleonectic Parenting', Histos 1, 1-11. An examination
of the influence of the Euripidean play on the central theme of pleonectic
ambition in ...
10
Socratic, Platonic and Aristotelian Studies: Essays in Honor ...
The nature and scope of pleonexia can be gleaned from Thrasymachus'
encomium of the pleonectic tyrant (Rep. I 343e7–344c8), Glaucon's story of
Gyges' unrestrained pleonexia (Rep. II 359b6–360b2), and Socrates' castigation
of the ...
Georgios Anagnostopoulos, 2011
