Republic / Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Waterfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plato, author.

Contributor:

Waterfield, Robin, 1952- translator.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford World's classics

Standardized Title:

Republic. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Political science--Early works to 1800.

Political science.

Utopias.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lxxii, 475 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

Translated from the Acient Greek.

Summary:

Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for the ordinary reader, who is carried along by the wi.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Select Bibliography

REPUBLIC

1. Convention under Attack

2. The Challenge to Socrates

3. Fundamentals of Inner Politics

4. Primary Education for the Guardians

5. The Guardians' Life and Duties

6. Inner and Outer Morality

7. Women, Children, and Warfare

8. Philosopher Kings

9. The Supremacy of Good

10. Educating Philosopher Kings

11. Warped Minds, Warped Societies

12. Happiness and Unhappiness

13. Poetry and Unreality

14. Rewards Now and Hereafter

Explanatory Notes

Textual Notes

Appendix: Cleitophon

Index of Names.

Notes:

"First published as a World's classics paperback 1994"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Plato. Republic. English. Republic

ISBN:

9780199769803

019976980X

OCLC:

868580559