The Republic of Plato

Klappentext Essestially an inquiry into morality! the Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Containing crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy! it is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for ordinary readers! who are carried along by the wit and intensity of the dialogue and by Plato's unforgettable images of the human condition. This new! lucid translation is complemented by full explanatory notes and an up-to-date critical introduction.

Product details

• Authors: Macdonald Cornford, Plato
• Assisted by: F. M. Cornford (Translation), Francis Macdonald Cornford (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.1993
• EAN: 9780195003642
• ISBN: 978-0-19-500364-2
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 205 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, Literary essays, Constitution: government & the state, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Constitution: government and the state