The Republic of Plato

Informationen zum Autor Allan Bloom, 1930-1992, was a professor of social thought at the University of Chicago. He was the author of many books, including the number one bestseller The Closing of the American Mind.Adam Kirsch is a poet, critic, and an editor of The Wall Street Journal’s weekend Review section. His work appears regularly in the New York Review of Books, New Yorker, Tablet, and other publications. The author of three books of poems and several books of criticism and biography, Kirsch lives in New York City. Klappentext Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. In addition to the annotated text, there is also a rich and valuable essay,as well as indices,which will better enable the reader to approach the heart of Plato's intention. This new edition includes a new introduction by acclaimed critic Adam Kirsch, setting the work in its intellectual context for a new generation of readers.The best available English translation.... [It] compels intelligent readers to come to grips with what Plato actually wrote.' , American Political Science Review Zusammenfassung The best available English translation... [It] compels intelligent readers to come to grips with what Plato actually wrote.' , American Political Science Review

Product details

• Authors: Allan Bloom, Adam Kirsch, Adam Bloom Kirsch
• Assisted by: Allan Bloom (Editor), Adam Kirsch (Editor), Adam Kirsch (Introduction), Allan Bloom (Translation), Adam Kirsch (Translation), Allan Bloom (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780465094080
• ISBN: 978-0-465-09408-0
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy