CHAPTER III

THE PLATONIC SUBORDINATION OF LOWER TO HIGHER

I. The Nature of Virtue 110 II. Righteousness writ Large 116 III. The Cardinal Virtues 123 IV. Plato's Scheme of Education 131 V. Righteousness the Comprehensive Virtue 138 VI. The Stages of Degeneration 143 VII. The Intrinsic Superiority of Righteousness 153 VIII. Truth and Error in Platonism 159