The Story of Utopias
His 'Republic' is cited as an early foundational work in the utopian tradition, outlining a class-divided ideal state.
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Plato's Republic is cited as a utopian work arising from the social disintegration after the Peloponnesian War, with its courage derived from the hopelessness of the era.
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Referenced as the starting point of the journey through utopias, from his Republic to modern writers.
How the Greeks lived in a New World, and utopia seemed just round the corner. How Plato, in The Republic, is chiefly concerned with what will hold the ideal city together.
Plato's Republic is analyzed for its focus on the unifying principles of the ideal city.
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Identified as the central figure whose Republic, Laws, Statesman, and Critias will be the focus of the Greek utopia examination.
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Author of the Republic, writing during the Peloponnesian War and influenced by the conflict between Athens and Sparta.
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Plato is the central figure, whose ideal community is described as beginning with physical foundations and rooted in the Greek landscape.
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Central figure; his Republic is analyzed for its economic foundations, critique of unlimited wants, and vision of a simple, athletic community.
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Plato's community is referenced as a model for discussing the division of people and their relations within a utopian setting.
Plato's Republic: The Foundation of Civic Unity
Plato's ideal community is defined by a limited population (5,040) to maintain unity, prioritizing civic harmony over commercial or territorial expansion.
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Plato's philosophy of the good community as a harmonious body, emphasizing function, justice, and the rejection of epicurean escape.
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Central figure of the chapter; his Republic and its class division, breeding, and education methods are analyzed.
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Central figure; his design for the Guardians in the Republic is the main subject, including their breeding, education, and communal living.
The Business of the Guardian
Central figure whose ideas on the Guardian's role and the ideal state are discussed.
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Plato's utopia is critiqued for its distrust of the emotional life and its severe restrictions on literature and music.
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Plato's voice and vision of the Republic are central to the chapter's reflection on transformed social relations.
How something happened to utopia between Plato and Sir Thomas More; and how utopia was discovered again, along with the New World.
Plato's Republic is discussed as the foundational utopian work, setting the stage for later developments.
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Mentioned as the starting point of the two-thousand-year span before More's Utopia.
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His philosophy, accessed through Greek learning, influences Hythloday's criticisms and suggestions.
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Referenced as the originator of the 'beloved community' idea that resurfaces in More's Utopia.
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Referenced for contrast: Utopia's equal esteem of trades versus Plato's Republic where mechanic arts are considered base.
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Referenced for the Republic's military Spartan model and the camp as the pattern for community life.
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Referenced in comparison to Andreae's Christianopolis, particularly regarding censorship and the enduring nature of the ideal state.
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His Republic is a source for Campanella's ideas on community of property, wives, and equality of the sexes.
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Referenced as one of the earlier utopians who sought to answer what men should do with knowledge and power.
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Cited as a foundational utopian thinker who attempted to see society as a whole, in contrast to later industrial utopians.
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Mentioned in comparison: the ideal behind Fourier's utopia is harmony, as in the Republic.
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Mentioned as sharing Spence's conviction that true reform must strike at the root of evil.
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Plato is referenced in the context of 'busybodies' who would perpetrate the good life, drawing a parallel to Icaria's bureaucratic control.
Bellamy's Industrial Army
Plato is mentioned at the chapter's opening for his cavalier treatment of the labor problem in the Republic, contrasted with Bellamy's detailed focus on labor organization.
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Plato's simple fare of olives, cheese, and beans is contrasted favorably with Bellamy's elaborate communal dining system.
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Referenced as the source of the guardian class that Wells's Samurai recall.
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Compared to Wells regarding the division of classes and the concern for education and discipline of guardians, with Wells' Samurai likened to Plato's guardians.
The Country House and Its Idolum
Plato's ideal community is used as a foil to the Country House, which is described as the precise opposite of what he deemed desirable.
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Plato's three classes in the Republic are compared unfavorably to Coketown's class system, with Coketown seen as an 'improvement' in terms of efficiency and incentives.
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Referenced for the insight that beyond a certain point, a city ceases to exist as a social unit, critiquing Coketown's growth.
The Idolum of National Utopia and Megalopolis
Referenced as the originator of the concept of 'pure form' which the author applies to the national utopia and Megalopolis.
How we reckon up accounts with the one-sided utopias of the partisans.
Plato's Republic is referenced as an early, influential but one-sided utopia, emphasizing rigid class divisions and philosophical rule.
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Referenced as author of the Republic, contrasting the disorder of modern city life with the ideals of his work.
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Referenced as a great humanist whose vision for science aligns with the need for localized, applied knowledge.
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Mentioned as an example of high culture that could shape the younger generation's idea-patterns if genuine artists were more responsible.
The Eutopian Challenge: From Idola to Action
His Republic is used as an example of an ideal commonwealth where the ideal and actual met, but the transition from a real Greek city to such a state is questioned.
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Emphasized the importance of birth and education in the good community.
Utopias
Author of The Republic, Critias, Statesman, and The Laws, foundational texts of utopian thought.
