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The Blackwell Guide to Plato's "Republic"
Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell (2006)
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_The Blackwell Guide to Plato’s Republic_ consists of thirteen new essays written by both established scholars and younger researchers with the specific aim of helping readers to understand Plato’s masterwork. This guide to Plato’s _Republic_ is designed to help readers understand this foundational work of the Western canon. Sheds new light on many central features and themes of the Republic. Covers the literary and philosophical style of the _Republic_; Plato’s theories of justice and knowledge; his educational theories; and his treatment of the divine. Will be of interest to readers who are new to the _Republic_, and those who already have some familiarity with the bookAuthor's Profile
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It is by now a terrifying commonplace–agreed to by people across the political spectrum, indeed across the divide of civilizations–that our future well-being, and that of future generations, depends on shaping the hearts and minds of the young. Why do we think this? And do we have any idea how to do it well? Plato is the first person in the western tradition to think seriously about these questions and it is worth going back to him; not only as a return to origins, but because there are aspects of his ... [REVIEW] (pages 25)Jonathan Lear
How did Thrasymachus arrive at his account of what justice is? At first he simply announces it, but soon enough Plato tells us that it is the conclusion of an argument:“if one reasons rightly, it works out that the just is the same thing everywhere, the advantage of the stronger”(339a; Shorey trans., modified). Not as explicitly but clearly enough, we can see that Glaucon works up his contractarian account of justice by looking at the origin of justice (358c–e). Earlier, Polemarchus fetches the idea of ... [REVIEW] (pages 125)Gerasimos Santas
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