Plato's Republic

Simon Blackburn

Plato is perhaps the most significant philosopher who has ever lived, and The Republic is widely regarded as his most famous dialogue. Its discussion of the perfect city---and the perfect mind---laid the foundations for Western culture. In Plato's Republic, Simon Blackburn explains the judicial, moral, and political ideas in The Republic and shows why Western thought is still conditioned by this most important of books.

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