{"product_id":"the-republic-plato-9781934451656","title":"The Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe question The Republic sets out to define is \"What is justice?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e Given the difficulty of this task, Socrates and his interlocutors are led into a discussion of justice in the city, which Socrates suggests may help them see justice in the person, but on a grander (and therefore easier to discuss) scale (\"suppose that a short-sighted person had been asked by some one to read small letters from a distance; and it occurred to some one else that they might be found in another place which was larger and in which the letters were larger,\" . Some critics (such as Julia Annas) have adhered to this premise that the dialogue's entire political construct exists to serve as an analogy for the individual soul, in which there are also various potentially competing or conflicting \"members\" that might be integrated and orchestrated under a just and productive \"government.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Plato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934451657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934451656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilder Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Plato","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450058322175,"sku":"9781934451656","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b69b8a2-0734-425e-bbd5-144a095e4443.jpg?v=1777266040","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-republic-plato-9781934451656","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}