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Republic Paperback – 2 January 2013

by Plato (Author)
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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.
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    496 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Penguin
  4. Publication date
    2 January 2013
  5. Dimensions
    12.95 x 2.26 x 19.74 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    9780141442433
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0141442433
  8. Lexile measure
    1060L
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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.

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Authoritative new edition of Plato's Republic by acclaimed translator Christopher Rowe

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0141442433
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin; 1st edition (2 January 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780141442433
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141442433
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.95 x 2.26 x 19.74 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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Plato (428-348 BCE) was a philosopher and mathematician in ancient Greece. A student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle, his Academy was one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely regarded as the father of modern philosophy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you're looking for the most readable translation of Plato's Republic, this is it.
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For those of us who endured Benjamin Jowett's translation of Plato, a better translation has been always been sought and Christopher Rowe finally delivered it. I say this after wading through a handful of contemporary translations.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Translation navigates well between remaining true to the literal meaning ...
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Translation navigates well between remaining true to the literal meaning of the original and producing fluid conversational prose updated for twenty-first century readers.
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...out in Barbados... cheese eggs and potatoes ... my mind workin' like Plato. I'm analyzin' the world, fantasizin' 'bout girls...
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It's a classic, what's not to like!
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