Republic, The: (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Plato
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- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0486411214
- ISBN 13
- 9780486411217
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This celebrated philosophical work of the Fourth Century BCE contemplates the elements of an ideal state, serving as the forerunner for many other classics. This book 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 people are like prisoners in a cave, observing only shadows, while philosophers are those who venture outside and see things as they are and return to the cave and tell the truth about what they have seen. This dynamic metaphor expresses at once the eternal conflict between the worlds of the senses and ideas, and the philosopher's role as mediator between the two.
Synopsis
The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust man is happier. They are the philosopher-kings of imagined cities and they also discuss the nature of philosophy and the soul among other things.
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- Lifeways Books & Gifts (US)
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- 9780486411217
- Title
- Republic, The
- Author
- Plato
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0486411214
- ISBN 13
- 9780486411217
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- Mineola, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2016
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystics & Mysticism;