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The Republic
  • Published: 19 September 2007
  • ISBN: 9780140455113
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $26.99
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The Republic

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Paperback
19 Sept 2007
EBook
2 Jan 2013
EBook
30 Oct 2012
EBook
19 Sept 2007
Hardback
29 Jan 1993
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One of the greatest works of philosophy, political theory, and literature ever produced, Plato's Republic has shaped Western thought for thousands of years, and remains as relevant today as when it was written during the fourth century B.C.

Plato's Republic is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation other questions are raised: what is goodness; what is reality; what is knowledge? The Republic also addresses the purpose of education and the role of both women and men as 'guardians' of the people. With remarkable lucidity and deft use of allegory, Plato arrives at a depiction of a state bound by harmony and ruled by 'philosopher kings'.
  • Published: 19 September 2007
  • ISBN: 9780140455113
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $26.99
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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