- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press (1951)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0195003640
- ISBN-13: 978-0195003642
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #201,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Essestially an inquiry into morality, Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Containing crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy, it is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for the ordinary reader, who is carried along by the wit and intensity of the dialogue and by Plato's unforgettable images of hte human condition. This new, lucid translation is complemented by full explanatory notes and an up-to-date critical introduction.
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Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC) was an immensely influential; ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates, writer of; philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in; Athens where Aristotle studied.
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The whole imaginary conversation is narrated by Socrates to an unspecified audience. Read the first page
Front Cover | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The Republic - 5stars, Dover Thrift - 0stars,
By Derek Davidson (British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: The Republic (Paperback)
Translation is key when buying a book like this. The Republic is a must read for anyone and everyone, but not Dover Thrift.The translator Allan Bloom has served me well for the past 5 years.
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Ce commentaire est de: The Republic (Paperback)
in the Republic, Plato. envisioned his ideology of what a free and fair society should look like. the book emphasises on the perfection of a perfect society, which will be free of corruption, discremination, race division, and partiality.the author was aware of the alarming rate of corruption gripping the world we are in. he sketched a plan for a state to be run and maintained. a state that will based on law and order. specifically, Plato was hitting the nail on justice and equity of law, he stressed that a society should not be making laws based on a portion of the jurisdiction rather order should be maintained on equality and fair justice. The book is a treaty on how a social society and a normal state is to be ressuracted from the clamouring segregation of the rich state and the poor society. in his work of art plato pulls the trigger of justice towards equity, unity and peace of justice. its such a great book, it is more than the wordings on it because it contains ancient landmarks of literary work of art, the work has been done long ago, and it grammer complex needs not be rushed but remember that the day a man stops reading, he stops growing intellectually. how i wished books were paste. i could have kept reading each day first thing as i woke up from the sleep. The Republic needs not be rush, just slow and steady because it is a treaty and not a mere thriller novel. but its a try from all intellectual aspirants. so dont let go. if you do, you missed a book from one great thinker.
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Ce commentaire est de: Plato: The Republic (Hardcover)
This is more of a review of the translation, as opposed to the text itself. The Republic is a classic, and like Shakespeare, or the Mona Lisa, needs no review or comment. This is not to say that I agree with everything Socrates-Plato says, but that this book lifts you higher, weather you agree or disagree.Tom Griffith deserves an award for rendering a bouncy translation that makes the text come alive. This translation ranks among my favorites. Its strength is that it renders the Greek into a colloquial, conversational English, as opposed to the stiff and ossified academic dronings that make higher education such a joy! He follows the pattern set by Seamus Heany ("Beowulf), and J. B. Phillips ("The New Testament in Modern English"), where the language illuminates the text, and engages your mind. Too often, the translators' end product-the language-gets in the way of the ideas and joys of the text. I was able to plow through this book in a fortnight because the language flowed so well. I wish we could get more translators to get the gift of tongues, and to render these classic texts into the tongue of angels!
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