The Republic of Plato (1894)

S$54.00

The Republic of Plato (1894)

S$54.00

Title: The Republic of Plato

Author: Plato, Thomas Taylor (trans.), Theodore Wratislaw (ed.)

Publisher: Walter Scott, London. No date, research reveals it to be 1894.

Condition: Hardcover, no dust jacket. Good. Corners slightly bumped, spine edges slight frayed. Slight sagging to book but binding is sound. Inscription to ffep, and a small bookseller’s sticker to the back endpaper. Text clean. A small book. 309pp excld. catalogue. App 7″x4″.

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About the book (from Wikipedia):

The Republic (Greek: Πολιτεία, Politeia) is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning the definition of justice and the order and character of the just city-state and the just man.

It is Plato’s best-known work and has proven to be one of the most intellectually and historically influential works of philosophy and political theory. In it, Socrates along with various Athenians and foreigners discuss the meaning of justice and examine whether or not the just man is happier than the unjust man by considering a series of different cities coming into existence “in speech”, culminating in a city ruled by philosopher-kings; and by examining the nature of existing regimes. The participants also discuss the theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the roles of the philosopher and of poetry in society.