{"product_id":"platos-republic-stanley-rosen-9780300126921","title":"Plato's Republic: A Study","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book a distinguished philosopher offers a comprehensive interpretation of Plato's most controversial dialogue. Treating the \u003ci\u003eRepublic \u003c\/i\u003eas a unity and focusing on the dramatic form as the presentation of the argument, Stanley Rosen challenges earlier analyses of the \u003ci\u003eRepublic \u003c\/i\u003e(including the ironic reading of Leo Strauss and his disciples) and argues that the key to understanding the dialogue is to grasp the author's intention in composing it, in particular whether Plato believed that the city constructed in the \u003ci\u003eRepublic \u003c\/i\u003eis possible and desirable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosen demonstrates that the fundamental principles underlying the just city are theoretically attractive but that the attempt to enact them in practice leads to conceptual incoherence and political disaster. The \u003ci\u003eRepublic, \u003c\/i\u003esays Rosen, is a vivid illustration of the irreconcilability of philosophy and political practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanley Rosen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300126921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300126921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.25w x 1.03d","brand":"Stanley Rosen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47199839715583,"sku":"9780300126921","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d81788d-dbca-4b09-a131-e81ecdab20b2.jpg?v=1756785352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/platos-republic-stanley-rosen-9780300126921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}