Cooperative Flourishing in Plato's 'Republic' av Carolina (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil) Araujo

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In this pathbreaking interpretation of Plato¿s foundational text of political philosophy, Carolina Ara¿jo reveals how the <i>Republic</i> remains ripe for an interpretation grounded in notions of cooperation, flourishing and justice relevant to the diversity of contemporary life. Plato¿s <i>Republic </i>has the Greek name of <i>Politeia</i> that Ara¿jo translates as ¿the way of life of the citizens,¿ not ¿the State¿ or ¿the form of government¿ as it more traditionally rendered. Plato¿s treatise, <i>Politeia</i>, depicts the rich array of patterns emerging from human interaction and enquires into the best amongst them. <i>Cooperative Flourishing in Plato¿s Republic</i> returns to these important questions about society ¿ how to live with a vast diversity of personalities, with different interests and abilities, all of them trying to flourish ¿ and asks how best can we share our environment? With rigorous philosophical analysis of the Greek text, accompanied by original translations of t