Republic, Volume I Books 1-5 |
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| Author:
| Plato, |
| Edited and Translated by:
| Emlyn-Jones, Christopher
Preddy, William |
| Series title: | Loeb Classical Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-99650-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BC and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works are the Symposium, which explores love in its many aspects, from physical desire to pursuit of the beautiful and the good, and the Republic, which concerns righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and slavery.
The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BC and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works are the Symposium, which explores love in its many aspects, from physical desire to pursuit of the beautiful and the good, and the Republic, which concerns righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and slavery.