Plato's Republic
Subtitle: a biography
By: Simon Blackburn.
Series: Books that changed the world; Books that changed the world
Publisher: Atlantic; Atlantic Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781843543503
Subjects: Plato.; Political science -- Early works to 1800.; Political ethics -- Early works to 1800.; Respublica (Plato)
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Republic.
Description: "Plato is perhaps the most significant philosopher who has ever lived and the Republic, composed in Athens in about 375 is widely regarded as his most famous dialogue. Its discussion of the perfect city - and the perfect mind - laid the foundations for Western culture and, for over two thousand years, has been the cornerstone of Western philosophy. In this book, Simon Blackburn explains the judicial, moral and political ideas in the Republic and examines its influence on the modern world. He shows why, from St Augustine to Wordsworth and twentieth-century philosophers, Western thought has, and continues to be, a series of responses to one of the world's most important books."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]) and index.