
This chapter explores the role fears plays in Plato's ethics and politics. It focuses on how Plato proposes replacing the fear of death with a rational fear of injustice and ignorance in order to develop what we might call a "courageous fear," which is useful and beneficial both for the individual soul and for the civic community.
Ethics, Philosophy, History of philosophy, Political philosophy, Ancient philosophy, FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion, Plato
Ethics, Philosophy, History of philosophy, Political philosophy, Ancient philosophy, FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion, Plato
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