{"product_id":"glaucons-fate-jacob-howland-9781589881341","title":"Glaucon's Fate: History, Myth, and Character in Plato's Republic","description":"\"\u003ci\u003eGlaucon's Fate\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most interesting and insightful treatments of Plato's \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e in years . . . We may never know the real Socrates, but Howland's mastery and interpretation of an impressive array of works from Plato's time, along with his insight into many Platonic dialogues, including and especially the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e, makes this book a must-read for anyone interested in Plato, Socrates, and the life of philosophy.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e, Socrates seeks to convince Plato's brother Glaucon that the just life of philosophy is preferable to the unjust life of tyranny. Jacob Howland's \u003ci\u003eGlaucon's Fate\u003c\/i\u003e argues that he fails. The available evidence suggests that Glaucon joined his cousin Critias and his uncle Charmides in the regime of the so-called Thirty Tyrants, the brutal oligarchy that governed Athens in the immediate aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. If Howland is right, Plato's intelligent and courageous brother--suspended as he was between the corruption of Athenian politics and the integrity of Socratic inquiry, between kinsmen who were leaders of the Thirty and a just friend who fell afoul of them--could not be saved even by the age's most capable advocate of virtue and philosophy. What went wrong? This is the guiding question of \u003ci\u003eGlaucon's Fate\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that promises to challenge our understanding of Plato's masterwork. It is the culmination of a lifelong devotion to the study of Plato's \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e by a major scholar. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob Howland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589881346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589881341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Jacob Howland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994286227711,"sku":"9781589881341","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e06c1aa3-d597-4bda-9538-1a14b6268c17.jpg?v=1683329241","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/glaucons-fate-jacob-howland-9781589881341","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}