PLATO
PLATO
PLATO
The Republic
The Republic
The Republic
The founding text of Western philosophy. Now in a premium two-volume edition
The founding text of Western philosophy. Now in a premium two-volume edition
The founding text of Western philosophy. Now in a premium two-volume edition
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Greek and English on facing pages throughout. With Jowett's translation and Burnet's Greek text — the reference edition of the dialogue for over a century.
Scholarly apparatus
Scholarly apparatus
A. E. Taylor's introduction, Jowett's own essay on translating Plato, 876 footnotes, a 67-term glossary, and an analytical index.
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THE REPUBLIC
THE REPUBLIC
THE REPUBLIC
“European philosophical tradition consists of a series of footnotes to Plato" Alfred North Whitehead
“European philosophical tradition consists of a series of footnotes to Plato" Alfred North Whitehead
“European philosophical tradition consists of a series of footnotes to Plato" Alfred North Whitehead
Does justice exist, or is it just what serves the stronger?
Does justice exist, or is it just what serves the stronger?
Plato's adversaries insist justice is only a name the powerful give to whatever serves them. Give anyone impunity to act freely and justice disappears. Plato responds with something almost no philosopher before him had tried:
Plato's adversaries insist justice is only a name the powerful give to whatever serves them. Give anyone impunity to act freely and justice disappears. Plato responds with something almost no philosopher before him had tried:
Build an ideal city constructed to make justice possible, then read the human soul off it the way you'd read a word written in larger letters.
Build an ideal city constructed to make justice possible, then read the human soul off it the way you'd read a word written in larger letters.
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This edition is filled with the authority of scholars who spent lifetimes on this text — philosophical authorities whose readings proved decisive to how it's understood since:
This edition is filled with the authority of scholars who spent lifetimes on this text — philosophical authorities whose readings proved decisive to how it's understood since:
Late antiquity:
Late antiquity:
Proclus, Plotinus, Iamblichus, Olympiodorus
Proclus, Plotinus, Iamblichus, Olympiodorus
Patristic and scholastic
Patristic and scholastic
Augustine, Thomas Aquinas
Augustine, Thomas Aquinas
Falsafa and Jewish philosophy
Falsafa and Jewish philosophy
al-Farabi, Averroes, Maimonides
al-Farabi, Averroes, Maimonides
Byzantium and the Renaissance
Byzantium and the Renaissance
Plethon, Decembrio, Ficino
Plethon, Decembrio, Ficino
Contemporary authors
Contemporary authors
Jaeger, Marrou, Balthasar, Guardini, Pieper, Hadot, Lonergan, Gadamer, Reale, Simone Weil, Strauss, Voegelin, Bloom
Jaeger, Marrou, Balthasar, Guardini, Pieper, Hadot, Lonergan, Gadamer, Reale, Simone Weil, Strauss, Voegelin, Bloom
The notes don't resolve into a single reading. On the Idea of the Good, Plotinus and Gadamer disagree. On the just city, Strauss and Voegelin disagree. Twenty-five centuries in, the argument is still open. Now it's yours to join.
The notes don't resolve into a single reading. On the Idea of the Good, Plotinus and Gadamer disagree. On the just city, Strauss and Voegelin disagree. Twenty-five centuries in, the argument is still open. Now it's yours to join.
Plato
Plato
Plato
Plato is philosophy, and philosophy is Plato - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plato is philosophy, and philosophy is Plato - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plato is philosophy, and philosophy is Plato - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plato was born in Athens around 428 BC into a family that already knew what unchecked power looked like:
Plato was born in Athens around 428 BC into a family that already knew what unchecked power looked like:
His uncles Charmides and Critias ruled briefly, and violently, as two of the Thirty Tyrants. He was in his twenties when the democracy that replaced them executed his teacher, Socrates, for the crime of asking questions in public.
His uncles Charmides and Critias ruled briefly, and violently, as two of the Thirty Tyrants. He was in his twenties when the democracy that replaced them executed his teacher, Socrates, for the crime of asking questions in public.
The Republic is his answer to both: a proof that neither tyranny nor democracy could be trusted to rule with justice and an argument for what could.
The Republic is his answer to both: a proof that neither tyranny nor democracy could be trusted to rule with justice and an argument for what could.
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