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“Was better than I expected. The translation was smooth and in reading than I ever expected. It also had restrictions on things ive been bkr ”
Danie Jorgenson wrote this review 10 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“trans. Waterfield”
Pat Angiolillo wrote this review Saturday, March 3, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“read books II-IV”
Senica M wrote this review Monday, January 16, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“For understanding Socrates and his philosophy, here's required reading. Although lately I have come to regard this book as a fictional treatment (in genre fiction we call it Didactic Fiction) of Plato's philosophy as phrased by Socrates. I don't lose sleep over whether the ideas initially came from Socrates or Plato though.
Mark V wrote this review Sunday, January 8, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
What matters is the full treatment of Socrates' Ideal society. Bloom's translation reads very easily and it makes the work even that much more accessible. ”
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
CRISPY wrote this review Friday, January 6, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very interesting, he never actually defines what justice is. Although that might have been Plato's point. His hypothetical city is raises an interesting question. Can politics and philosophy truly coexist together? ”
Kat M wrote this review Saturday, December 3, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I don't exactly know how to review this. It's politics, ethics, drama, philosophy, thinly veiled craziness. It's epic and underlies and a lot of modern political thought. Don't hate. ”
Sam Calvert wrote this review Tuesday, November 22, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I read book 7”
Alexa G wrote this review Monday, November 7, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a work I will read over many times in the future. ”
Tex wrote this review Monday, October 3, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
