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The Republic

By Plato , Desmond Lee

Book information

Publisher
Inc., Penguin Group USA
Year
2003
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2227932 bytes)
Pages
0\0
Time added
2019-10-17 13:40:50

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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