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The Republic
  • Published: 2 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9780718198916
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496
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The Republic

Formats & editions
Paperback
19 Sept 2007
EBook
2 Jan 2013
EBook
30 Oct 2012
EBook
19 Sept 2007
Hardback
29 Jan 1993
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Authoritative new edition of Plato's Republic by acclaimed translator Christopher Rowe

'We set about founding the best city we could, because we could be confident that if it was good we would find justice in it'

The Republic, Plato's masterwork, was first enjoyed 2,400 years ago and remains one of the most widely-read books in the world: as a foundational work of Western philosophy, and for the richness of its ideas and virtuosity of its writing. Presented as a dialogue between Plato's teacher Socrates and various interlocutors, it is an exhortation to philosophy, inviting its readers to reflect on the choices to be made if we are to live the best life available to us. This complex, dynamic work creates a picture of an ideal society governed not by the desire for money, power or fame, but by philosophy, wisdom and justice.
  • Published: 2 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9780718198916
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496
Categories:

About the author

Plato

Plato (c.427-347 BC) stands with Socrates and Aristotle as one of the shapers of the whole intellectual tradition of the West. He founded in Athens the Academy, the first permanent institution devoted to philosophical research and teaching, and the prototype of all Western universities. Plato's works available in Penguin Classics are Republic, The Last Days of Socrates, The Laws, Phaedrus, Protagoras and Meno, Timaeus and Critias, Theaetetus, Early Socratic Dialogues, The Symposium and Gorgias.
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