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The Good As Unity: Its Role In The Good Life In Plato's Later Thought, Cynthia Hampton
The Good As Unity: Its Role In The Good Life In Plato's Later Thought, Cynthia Hampton
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
In the sixth book of the Republic. Socrates begins leading his interlocutors down the 'longer road' that leads to the Form of the Good which is to complete the earlier account of virtue given in Book IV. The end of this road in the Republic is reached via the sketch of the Good portrayed in the famous Sun, Line, and Cave passages. In this paper, I wish to suggest that the road does not, in fact, end here, but extends to the account of the Good offered in one of Plato's latest dialogues, the Philebus . This account, like the …