The Republic Introduction by Alexander Nehamas
The Republic Introduction by Alexander Nehamas, authored by Plato, is a reprint edition published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on January 11, 1993. This 408-page work presents a profound exploration of justice, the ideal state, and the role of its ruler, reflecting on the intellectual and political wealth of Athenian creativity that shaped Western civilization.
Readers will find that Plato’s dialogue raises significant questions about politics, art, education, and ethics, making it a foundational text in philosophy and political science. The translation by A. D. Lindsay aims to make this classic accessible while preserving its essential themes. This edition invites readers to engage with the complex ideas that have influenced European thought throughout history.
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Toward the end of the astonishing period of Athenian creativity that furnished Western civilization with the greater part of its intellectual, artistic, and political wealth, Plato wrote The Republic, his discussion of the nature and meaning of justice and of the ideal state and its ruler. All subsequent European thinking about these subjects owes its character, directly or indirectly, to this most famous (and most accessible) of the Platonic dialogues. Although he describes a society that looks to some like the ideal human community and to others like a totalitarian nightmare, in the course of his description Plato raises enduringly relevant questions about politics, art, education, and the general conduct of life. The translation is by A. D. Lindsay.
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