Plato's ideal of the Common Good: Anatomy of a concept of timeless significance

by Harald Haarmann

This study documents various historical instances in the development of the concept 'Common Good'. The author reflects about Plato's theory of Forms, which is infused with the idea of good, as the first principle of being.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631724128
• ISBN13: 9783631724125
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"