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The Republic

By Plato , Desmond Lee , Melissa Lane

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Year
2007
ISBN
0140455116, 9780140455113
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
430 kB (440703 bytes)
Series
Penguin Classics
Edition
0002-
Pages
480\0
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Plato's The 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 inquiry 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."

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