Republic

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W. W. Norton & Company, Aug 6, 1996 - Philosophy - 317 pages
The most important of the Socratic dialogues, the Republic is concerned with the construction of an ideal commonwealth and thus wins its place as the earliest of utopias.
 

Contents

PREFACE 9
9
INTRODUCTION
13
PLATOS The Republic
23
Book I
25
Book III
82
Book IV
116
Book V
140
Book VI
174
A Diagrammatic Rendering and an Explication by the Translators
203
Book VII
209
Book VIII
235
Book IX
262
Book X
285
GLOSSARY of Names and Places in Platos The Republic
313
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About the author (1996)

Richard W. Sterling is Professor of Government Emeritus at Dartmouth College. William C. Scott is Humanities Research Professor at Dartmouth College.

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