The Republic: Politeia by Jowett, Benjamin

The Republic: Politeia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781938357114)

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The Republic: Politeia by Jowett, Benjamin

The Republic: Politeia

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The Republic: Politeia by Jowett, Benjamin

The Republic: Politeia

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Format: Paperback
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The Republic (Greek: Politeia) is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man.

It is Plato's best-known work and has proven to be one of the most intellectually and historically influential works of philosophy and political theory. In it, Socrates along with various Athenians and foreigners discuss the meaning of justice and examine whether or not the just man is happier than the unjust man by considering a series of different cities coming into existence "in speech", culminating in a city (Kallipolis) ruled by philosopher-kings; and by examining the nature of existing regimes. The participants also discuss the theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the roles of the philosopher and of poetry in society.

Author: Benjamin Jowett, Plato
ISBN-10: 1938357116
ISBN-13: 9781938357114
Publisher: Fpp Classics
Language: English
Published: 02/26/2014
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.74d
By Benjamin Jowett
By Benjamin Jowett
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Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece. He was also a mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his most-famous student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science. Alfred North Whitehead once noted: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."

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