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| Genre/Form: | Early works Early works to 1800 |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Plato.; C J Rowe |
| ISBN: | 9780141442433 0141442433 |
| OCLC Number: | 812576975 |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Ancient Greek. |
| Notes: | The translation in this volume follows the text printed in the new Oxford Republic (Oxford Classical Texts, 2003) -- P. xlv. |
| Description: | xlvi, 436 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | Republic, or Constitution (Politeia) -- Plato and Socrates -- On 'forms' -- On reading the Republic -- and reading Plato -- Outline of the argument of the republic. |
| Series Title: | Penguin classics. |
| Other Titles: | Republic. |
| Responsibility: | Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by Christopher Rowe. |
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"Must we not acknowledge...that in each of us there are the same principles and habits which there are in the State; and that from the individual they pass into the State?" What does it mean to be good? What enables us to distinguish right from wrong? And how should human virtues be translated into a just society? These are the questions that Plato sought to answer in this monumental work of moral and political philosophy, a book surpassed only by the Bible in its formative influence on two thousand years of Western thought. In the course of its tautly reasoned Socratic dialogues, The Republic accomplishes nothing less than an anatomy of the soul and an exhaustive description of a State that both mirrors and enforces the soul's ideal harmony. The resulting text is at once mystical and elegantly logical and may be read as a template for the societies in which most of us live today. Vintage Classics are quality paperback editions of the world's greatest written works. They are durably bound and are printed exclusively on acid-free paper. Read more...

