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Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. This second edition includes a new introduction by Professor Bloom, whose careful translation and... read more
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Summary edit
A model for the ideal state includes discussion of the nature and application of justice, the role of the philosopher in society, the goals of education, and the effects of art upon character.
Characters/People edit
- Simmias: Add a description of this character.
- Cebes
- Socrates: The main character of the books. He is leading people in discussions through questions.
- Phaedo
- Crito
- Glaucon
- Thrasymachus
- Adeimantus
- Polemarchus
- Zeus: greek god
- Agamemnon: brother of Menelaus of Sparta
- Cephalus
- Asclepius
- Lachesis: one of the Fates
- Helen: princess of Sparta taken to Troy by Paris
- Homer: Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
- Simonides
First Sentence edit
SOCRATES' NARRATION BEGINS: I went down to the Piraeus yesterday with Glaucon, the son of Ariston, to say a prayer to the goddess, and also because I wanted to see how they would manage the festival, since they were holding it for the first time.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 12 of 96 in Wikipedia's 100 most influential books ever written. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Histories, and followed by Euclid's Elements.
This is book 5 of 96 in The Art of Manliness' Essential Man’s Library. (authoritative list)
Preceded by 1984, and followed by The Brothers Karamazov.
This is book 8 of 65 in Robert B. Downs - Books that Changed the World. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Phaedo, and followed by Statesman.
This book is in Oxford PPE UA Amp P Political Economy. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Plato (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee (Translator)
- Charles M. Bakewell (Editor)
- R. C. Cross (Translator)
- Ernest Rhys (Editor)
- T. M. Knox (Translator)
- E. V. Rieu (Editor)
- H. SPENS (Translator)
- I. A. Richards (Translator)
- Robin Waterfield (Translator)
- Benjamin Jowett (Translator)
- David James Vaughan (Translator)
- Richard W. Sterling (Translator)
- Leo Rauch (Translator)
- Simon Blackburn (Translator)
- William C. Scott (Translator)
- A. D. Lindsay (Translator)
- G. R. F. Ferrari (Translator)
- Tom Griffith (Translator)
- G. M. A. Grube (Translator)
- D. J. Allan (Translator)
- Allan Bloom (Translator)
- C. D. C. Reeve (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Greek
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Ancient Greece
Publication Date: 380 BC
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 618
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Ancient Greece
Publication Date: 380 BC
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 618
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: JC71
- Dewey: 321.07
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Political Theory
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Political
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Ancient
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Greek & Roman
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