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Overview
Beginning as an inquiry into justice as it operates in individuals, The Republic soon becomes an inquiry into the problems of constructing the perfect state. Are the masses really qualified to choose virtuous leaders? Should the rulers of a state receive a special education to prepare them to exercise power virtuously? What should such an education consist of? Should artists who do not use their gifts in a morally responsible way still be allowed a place in society? The Republic's answers to these and related questions make up a utopian (or, perhaps, dystopian) program that challenges many of the modern world's most dearly held assumptions-and leads us to reexamine and better understand those assumptions.
Author Biography:
Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.) was born into a wealthy and prominent family, and grew up during the conflict between Athens and the Peloponnesian states. The execution of his mentor, Socrates, in 399 B.C. on charges of irreligion and corrupting the young, necessitated Plato's leaving Athens. He traveled to Egypt as well as to southern Italy, where he became conversant with Pythagorean philosophy. Plato returned to Athens c. 387 B.C. and founded the Academy, an early forerunner of the modern university. Aristotle was among his students.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781957990347 |
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Publisher: | Ancient Wisdom Publications |
Publication date: | 02/24/2024 |
Pages: | 522 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.05(d) |
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Socrates: I went down yesterday to Piraeus with Glaucon, Ariston’s son, to pray to the goddess, wanting at the same time also to see the way they were going to hold the festival, since they were now conducting it for the first time. The parade of the local residents seemed to me to be beautiful, while the one that the Thracians put on looked no less appropriate. And having prayed and having seen, we went off toward the city. Spotting us from a distance then as we headed home, Polemarchus, Cephalus’s son, ordered his slave to run and order us to wait for him. And grabbing me from behind by my cloak, the slave said “Polemarchus orders you to wait.” And I turned around and asked him where the man himself was. “He’s coming along from behind,” he said. “Just wait.” “Certainly we’ll wait” said Glaucon.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Book IChapter 3 Study QuestionsPart 4 Book IIChapter 5 Study QuestionsPart 6 Book IIIChapter 7 Study QuestionsPart 8 Book IVChapter 9 Study QuestionsPart 10 Book VChapter 11 Study QuestionsPart 12 Book VIChapter 13 Study QuestionsPart 14 Book VIIChapter 15 Study QuestionsPart 16 Book VIIIChapter 17 Study QuestionsPart 18 Book IXChapter 19 Study QuestionsPart 20 Book XChapter 21 Study QuestionsPart 22 Appendix 1:Cephalus and Polemarchus (Lysias, Against Eratosthenes)Part 23 Appendix 2:Athenian Imperialism (Thucydides, "The Melian Dialogue")Part 24 Appendix 3:The Ring of Gyges (Herodotus, Histories, Book I)Part 25 Appendix 4:The Status of Women (Xenophon, Oeconomicus)Part 26 Appendix 5:Athenian Constitutional HistoryWhat People are Saying About This
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Joe Sachs's translation of Plato's Republic is for students studying philosophy at the college level, as well as for the general reader interested in the major works of western civilization.