On Plato's Religious Justice and Artistic Justice

Abstract

Abstract: The paper aims to probe into Plato's thoughts on religious justice and artistic justice through a critical reading of his Republic in terms of its contributions to the theory of justice. Plato's conceptualization of justice refers not merely to the justice in social life but also to religious justice and artistic justice, despite the fact that these term are not used explicitly per se. This paper argues that Plato's theorization of justice in The Republic proves to be the most distinctive and most valuable by putting justice in different perspectives from different areas.

Key words: Plato, religious justice, artistic justice, poetic justice

Wang Yun. On Plato's Religious Justice and Artistic Justice[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2013, 33(1): 138-151.

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