Preface
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[ix]
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Part One: Plato
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[1]
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Chapter 1: Plato and Socrates
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57
[3]
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"The Almost Miraculous Effort" (3).
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§1. SOCRATES
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60 [6]
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1. The
Apology.
The Delphian Order of Wisdom. The Trials of Socrates and
Athens (7).
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61
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2. Drama and Myth of the Socratic Soul. Aeschylean Tragedy and Platonic
Dialogue. Dialogue and Rhetoric. Thanatos, Eros, and Dike (10).
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64
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§2. EROS AND THE WORLD
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68 [14]
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1. Plato and Sicily. The Seventh Letter. Dion. Erotic Community. Dionysius
II. Written Word and Idea-Word (14).
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69
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2. The Letter to Hermias of Atarneus (20).
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75
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Chapter 2: The
Gorgias
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78 [24]
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1. The Existential Issue. "War and Battle." Existential Honesty. Argument
and Rhetoric. The Camaraderie of the Canaille (24).
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78
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2. Pathos and Communication (28).
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82
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3. The Inverted Philosophy of Existence. Physis and Nomos. Callicles'
Admonitions. The Socratic Counterarguments (31).
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85
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4. The Transfer of Authority. The Murderer Faces the Victim (56).
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90
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5. The Judgment of the Dead. The Philosopher's Life Toward Death. The Dead
Souls. The Presence of the Judgment (39).
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93
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Chapter 3: The
Republic
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100 [46]
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§1. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE Republic
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100 [46]
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The Schema. Contents and Interpretation (46).
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§2. THE WAY UP AND THE WAY DOWN
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106 [52]
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Descent. Piraeus and Hades. Pamphylism. Depth of Existence. Paradigm and
Daemon. Freedom and Substance. The Savior. Discourse and Life. Ascent from
Night to Light. The "There." Motivating Experiences. The Dionysiac Soul
(52).
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§3. THE RESISTANCE TO CORRUPT SOCIETY
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116 [62]
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1. The Pairs of Concepts. Justice and Injustice (63). Philosophos and
Philodoxos (65). Truth and Lie (67). Philosopher and Sophist (68).
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118
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2. The Sophistic Doxa of Justice. The Justice of Thrasymachus (71). Resist-ance
of the Young (72). The Doxai: (1) Contractual Origin of Justice (74);
(2) The Dream of the Invisible Man (76); (5) The Truth of Appearance
(78). Society as the Great Sophist (80).
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125
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§4. THE CREATION OF ORDER
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135 [81]
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1. The Zetema. Ideal and Reality. Motivating Experiences: Depth and Direc-
tion. The Luminous Depth. Nature of the Zetema. Augmentation of the Logos.
The Anthropological Principle. Arete; Paradigm; Politeia (82).
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136
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2. The Foundation Play. The Philosopher-Statesman. The Politeia of the Soul
(88).
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142
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3. The Cognitive Inquiry. The Paradigm of the Good Polis. Eidos; Idea;
Physis; Episteme. The Divine Paradigm. The Philosopher's Soul as the Source
of Knowledge (93).
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147
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4. The Poleogony. Transfer of Theogonic Speculation. The Four Orders of
the Poleogony: (1) The Healthy Polis; (2) The Luxurious Polis; (3) The
Purified Polis; (4) The Philosophers' Polis (96).
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150
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5. The Phoenician Tale. The Big Lie and the Great Truth. The Brotherhood
of Man. Recall of Hesiod and Heraclitus (104).
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158
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6. The Models of Soul and Society. Equality and Inequality. Diversification
of Human Nature (108).
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162
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7. The Agathon. Transcendental Constitution of the Soul. The Simile of the
Sun. The Parable of the Cave. Paideia, Periagoge, Agathon, Katabasis (112).
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166
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§5. THE DISINTEGRATION OF ORDER
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171 [117]
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1. The Somatic Unity of the Polis. The Community of Wives and Children.
Motivation. The Limitations of Hellenic Tribalism. The Measure (118).
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172
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2. The Mythical Failure of Incarnation (121).
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175
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3. The Sequence of Political Forms. Decline from the Good Polis. Taxonomic
Nature of the Sequence. The Disintegration of the Psyche. The Dream of
Tyranny. The Eros Tyrannos. The Cycle in Political History (123).
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177
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§6. THE EPILOGUE
183 [129]
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Life in the Perspective of Death. The Old Quarrel between Philosophy and
Poetry. The Attack on Homer. The New Art (129).
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Chapter 4:
Phaedrus
and
Statesman
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189 [135]
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§1. The
Phaedrus
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189
[135]
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The Social Realization of the Idea. The Realm of the Soul. Idea and Psyche.
Mania. The New Hierarchy of Souls. Emigration of the Spirit from the Polis.
The Semi-Divine Psyche (136).
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§2. The
Statesman
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195 [147]
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1. The Trilogy of Dialogues. Mediation. The Undercurrent of Violence (141).
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195
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2. The Diversion of the
Theaetetus
. The Philosopher and the
homo politicus
,
The Two Paradigms (143). Relation to the Parable of the Cave. The Power
of Evil (146).
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197
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3. The Obscuring Devices of the
Statesman
(149).
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203
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4. The Myth of the Cosmic Cycles. The Story. The Hierarchy of Gods.
The Trinity (151). The Evolution of Consciousness. The Age of Autonomous
Man (154). The Aging World and the Royal Savior (155).
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205
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5. The Royal Ruler and Political Reality. The Untrue Political Forms (157).
The
logos basilikos
and the Rule of Law (159). The Mimetic Reality of
Politics. The Injection of True Substance. Persuasion (162). The Attack on
the Government of Law (164). The Royal Ruler and the Royal Art (166).
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212
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Chapter 5:
Timaeus
and
Critias
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224 [170]
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1. The Egyptian Myth. Continuation of the
Republic
. Solon's Egyptian Story.
The Status of the Idea. The Unconscious and Anamnesis. The Truth of the
Myth. The Drama in Plato's Soul. The New Art of the Myth (171).
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225
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2. The Plan of the Dialogues (181).
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235
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3. The Philosophy of the Myth. The Projection of the Psyche into the Cosmos.
The Cosmic Omphalos in the Soul. The Subject Matter of the Myth. Historical
Untruth and Evolution of the Myth. The Play with the Myth. Freedom
toward, and from, the Myth. Anthropomorphic Man. The Function of the
Platonic Myth. Protective Hardness and Tolerance. The Nature of Symbolization:
Nonobjective Reality in Objective Form. The Myth of the Myth (183).
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4. The Myth of the Myth in the
Timaeus
. The Myth of the Cosmos. Being
and Becoming. The Cosmos as Eikon and the
eikos mythos
. The Myth as
the Truth of Incarnation (194).
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248
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5. The Myth of the Incarnation in the
Timaeus
. The Time of the Cosmos:
The Eikon of Eternity. The Time of the Tale: The Symbol of the Timeless
Process of the Psyche (199). Creation. Demiurge, Nous, Ananke. The Demiurge
and the Statesman (201). Peitho and Eros. The Aeschylean Background (203).
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253
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6. The
Critias
. The Mythical Aeon. The Co-Eternity of Being (Athens) and
Becoming (Atlantis) (205). The Influence of Aeschylus'
Persae
(207). Atlantis
and Utopia (208). Description of Athens and Atlantis (209). Virtue and
Wisdom v. Lust and Reason (211). The Rebirth of Fallen Man (213).
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259
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Chapter 6: The Laws
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269 [215]
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1. Misconceptions about the
Laws
. Style and Organization. The Prejudices
of Secularism. The Second-Best Polis. Plato on the Best and Second-Best Polis
(215).
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269
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2. The Platonic Theocracy. The Vision of an Hellenic Empire. Strategy of
Unification. Power and Spirit. The Theocratic Conception. From Heroic Appeal
to Ecclesiastic Institution. The Religious Poem (223).
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277
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3. The Dominant Symbols. The End and the Beginning. God. Solstice.
Omphalos (228). The Player and the Puppets. The Contracted Symbols of
Timelessness. The Late Psychology: Feelings, Apprehensions, Judgment. The
Golden Cord. The Plaything of the God. From Nomos to Dogma. From the1
Philosopher-King to the Stranger. The Serious Play (230). "God or Some
Man." The Division of the
Laws
. Man as Lawgiver. The Conditions of
Success. Nomos and Nous (236).
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282
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4. Political Form. A Digression on Drinking. Zeus, Apollo, Dionysos (240).
The Cycle. Growth: Rule of Elders, Kingship, the Cities of the Plains, the
Nation. Climax: The Doric Federation. Decline: The Greatest Folly, Lace-
daemon, Athens, Persia (241). Solstitial Form. Form and Spirit. The Mixed
Form and the No-Constitutions. The Monarchic and Democratic
materes
(246).
Philia
. The Mean and the Measure. Proportional and Mechanical Equality.
Philia
among Heterogeneous Elements (248). The Play with Cosmic Numbers.
Institutions. Form as Number. The Key-Number Twelve and Its Application.
The Numbers of the Pythagorean Tetraktys. Cosmic Harmony (250).
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294
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5. Revelation at Noon. God the Measure. Persuasion. The Prooemia (253).
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307
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6. The Drama of the Polis. Theory of Play. J. Huizinga (257).
Paidia
and
Paideia
. Play, Education, Leisure. The Growth of
Paideia
from
Paidia
. Good
and Bad Pleasures. Choric Paideia. The Charms (259). The Noblest of Dramas.
The Serious Play of the Polis (262).
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311
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7. The Creed. The Minimum Dogma. Comparison with Spinoza. The Three
Dogmas. Agnosticism and Ambition. The Disease of the Soul (263). The Nocturnal
Council. The Last Nomos (265).
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Part Two: Aristotle
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[269]
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Chapter 7: Aristotle and Plato
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325 [271]
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1. The Evolution of Aristotelian Thought. Entrance in the Academy.
Exoteric and Esoteric Work. Philosophy as a Way of Life, as a Debate on
the Results. The Problem of the Idea. The Intellectual Thinning-Out. The
Derailment of Philosophy (271).
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325
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2. The Literary Structure of the
Politics
. No Systematic Work. Modern Misconceptions. The Polis as Embodiment of the
Transcendent Idea and as a
World-Immanent Entity (279).
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333
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3. The Consciousness of Epoch. Platonic Creation of, and Aristotelian
Knowledge about, the Epoch. Plato and the Epochs of the Iranian Myth:
Altar Elegy, Laws, Alcibiades I.
Speculation on the Historical Cycle. The
Abstract Cycle in Problemata. The Schism between the Cycle of Pragmatic
Politics and the New Life of the Spirit. The Cycle of Intellectual and
Spiritual Insights, in
Meteorologica, Metaphysics,
and
Politics.
Theory of
the Cycle and Theory of Knowledge. The Lover of Myths (284).
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338
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Chapter 8: Science and Contemplation
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347 [295]
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1. The Range of Political Science. The Decomposition of Theocratic Politics
through the Contemplative Attitude. Conservative Hesitations (293). Political
Science as Science of Human Action. From Ideas to Standards (294). Ethics
and Politics. The Anthropology and the Theory of Excellences. Redefinitions
of Political Science (296). The Epistemology of Political Science. The Validity
of Propositions and the Revolt against Excellence. The Science of Compulsory
Institutions (299). The Authority of the
Spoudaios
(302).
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347
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2. The
Bios Theoretikos.
The Detachment from the Life of Politics. The
Highest Happiness. The Life of the Nous.
Bios Theoretikos
and Vision of
the Agathon. The Stellar Religion. Religious Reform (304). Theoretical Life
and Politics. Rejected Solutions. The Problem of World Monarchy. The Polis
Eudaimon. The Analogies of Autarkous Existence (310).
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358
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Chapter 9: The Science of the Polis
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369 [315]
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1. The Nature of the Polis. Community. The Categories of Nature, Potential-
ity and Actualization. Their Advantages and Disadvantages. An Alternative
Type of Analysis (315).
Politics
II. Unity and Diversification.
Politike Philia.
Homonoia
. Community of Women, Children, and Property. The Aristotelian
Realism (319).
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369
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2. The Order of the Polis. The Philosopher's and the Lawgiver's Polis. The
Distinction between Nature and Order (323). The Actualization of Order.
Constitution as Form. Citizens as Matter. The Good Man and the Good Citizen.
The Tension between Nature and Form of the Polis. The Best Polis and the
Deficient Actualizations. The Mature Men and the Slaves by Nature. Equality
and Inequality. Municiple Ethics. Government as the Representation of Excell-
ence (325). The Derailment of the Aristotelian Analysis. The Transfer of
Categories from
Physics
and
Metaphysics
. The Problem of the Essence of So-
ciety. The Aristotelian
physis
and
eidos
of the Polis. History and the Fatality
of Cosmic Order (331).
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377
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3. Types of Order. True and Perverted Constitutions. The Rich, the Poor,
and the Virtuous. A Compromise Constitution. The Constitutions as Phases
of the Historical Course. The Open Manifold of Constitutions (336).
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391
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4. The Manifold of Political Reality. The Attention to Empirical Detail.
ThePrinciples of Inventorization. The Necessary Parts of the Polis; their
Variations
and Combinations. The Best Constitution as the Standard and the Field of
Deficient Forms. Principal Types and Sub-Types. The Middle Class Polity.
The Causes of Revolution (342).
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396
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5. The Best Constitution. The Full Actualization of Human Nature. The
choregia
. Social Organization. Not to be Realized Pragmatically. Education,
Business and Leisure (350).
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404
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6. Conclusion. From the Myth of the Soul to the Science of Nomothetics.
The Principal Theoretical Complexes (355).
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409
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Chapter 10: On Types of Character and Skepticism
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413 [358]
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Types of Character and Types of Ethics. Tension between Actual and Poten-
tial Man. The Acceptance of the Deficient Forms of Order (558).
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1. The
Rhetoric
of Aristotle. The Practice of Persuasion. The Character of
the Statesman. Appeal to the Usefulness of the Virtues. The Character of
the Audience (359).
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414
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2. The Failure of Immanentist Metaphysics. The Essences of Characters: Types.
The Historicity of Transcendent Truth. Human Existence toward Transcend-
ence. The Aristotelian Nature of Man an Immanent Essence. The Aporias of
the Construction (362).
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417
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3. The
Characters
of Theophrastus (366).
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421
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4. Pyrrho. Happiness as a World-Immanent Aim. The Philosophies of Conduct.
Pyrrho's Withdrawal from Philosophy. Skepticism as a Mode of Existence.
Epoche and Ataraxy (368).
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423
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