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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486411214

ISBN-139780486411217

eBay Product ID (ePID)128779093

Product Key Features

Book TitleRepublic

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistory & Theory, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Political, Utopias

Publication Year2000

GenrePolitical Science, Philosophy

AuthorPlató

Book SeriesDover Thrift Editions: Philosophy Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-056941

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromNinth Grade

Dewey Decimal321/.07

SynopsisInfluential philosophical treatise of 4th century BC chiefly concerns the idea of justice, plus Platonic theories of ideas, criticism of poetry, philosopher's role. Source of the cave myth. Jowett translation., Often ranked as the greatest of Plato's many remarkable writings, this celebrated philosophical work of the fourth century B.C. contemplates the elements of an ideal state, serving as the forerunner for such other classics of political thought as Cicero's De Republica , St. Augustine's City of God , and Thomas More's Utopia . Written in the form of a dialog in which Socrates questions his students and fellow citizens, The Republic concerns itself chiefly with the question, "What is justice?" as well as Plato's theory of ideas and his conception of the philosopher's role in society. To explore the latter, he invents the allegory of the cave to illustrate his notion that ordinary men are like prisoners in a cave, observing only the shadows of things, while philosophers are those who venture outside the cave and see things as they really are, and whose task it is to return to the cave and tell the truth about what they have seen. This dynamic metaphor expresses at once the eternal conflict between the world of the senses (the cave) and the world of ideas (the world outside the cave), and the philosopher's role as mediator between the two. High school and college students, as well as lovers of classical literature and philosophy, will welcome this handsome and inexpensive edition of an immortal work. It appears here in the fine translation by the English classicist Benjamin Jowett.

LC Classification NumberJC71.P35 2000