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Republic (New ed)

PlatoWatt, Stephen(Introduction by)Davies, John Llewelyn(Translated by)Vaughan, David James(Translated by)Griffith, Tom(Series edited by)
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Translated by John Llewelyn Davies and David James Vaughan.

With an Introduction by Stephen Watt. The ideas of Plato (c429-347BC) have influenced Western philosophers for over two thousand years.

Such is his importance that the twentieth-century philosopher A.N.

Whitehead described all subsequent developments within the subject as foot-notes to Plato's work.

Beyond philosophy, he has exerted a major influence on the development of Western literature, politics and theology. The Republic deals with the great range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced society and individual.

It combines argument and myth to advocate a life organized by reason rather than dominated by desires and appetites.

Regarded by some as the foundation document of totalitarianism, by others as a call to develop the full potential of humanity, the Republic remains a challenging and intensely exciting work.

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Wordsworth Editions Ltd
1853264830 / 9781853264832
Paperback / softback
321.07
05/04/1997
United Kingdom
English
400 pages
129 x 198 mm, 250 grams
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