This classic work by the Greek philosopher Plato explores the issue of morality, with arguments and insights into other areas of philosophy as well. Politics, education, guardians' duties, and happiness are just a few of the topics covered as Socrates engages in dialogue with members of the community. An introduction and bibliography are located in the front of the book, while the back contains extensive explanatory notes keyed to references in the text. Also included are textual notes regarding variations in Greek translation, and an index of names. Translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Waterfield. 475 pgs, pb. ~ Lisa
Republic
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The central work of one of the West's greatest philosophers, The Republic of Plato is a masterpiece of insight and feeling, the finest of the Socratic dialogues, and one of the great books of Western culture. This new translation captures the dramatic realism, poetic beauty, intellectual vitality, and emotional power of Plato at the height of his powers. Deftly weaving three main strands of argument into an artistic whole--the ethical and political, the aesthetic and mystical, and the metaphysical--Plato explores in The Republic the elements of the ideal community, where morality can be achieved in a balance of wisdom, courage, and restraint.
First Semester Primary Books: Proverbs, Job, Psalms, Bacchae and Other Plays, Iliad of Homer, Introduction to Arisotle, Landmark Thucydides, Lysistrata and Other Plays, The Republic.
First Semester Secondary Books: Aesop's Fables (Signet Classic), Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Art and the Bible, Augustus Caesar's World, Death on the Nile, Troilus and Cressida, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther.
Second Semester Primary: Gospel of Mark, Philippians and Colossians, Annals of Imperial Rome, Apostolic Fathers, Cicero: Selected Works, Eclogues and Georgics, New Complete Works of Josephus, Meditations, Metamorphosis, New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha, On the Nature of Things, Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements Vol. 1, War with Hannibal.
Second Semester Secondary Books: Antony and Cleopatra (Oxford School Shakespeare), Desiring God, Knowing God, Lost World, Mythology, Phantastes, Plutarch's Lives Vol. 2, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grade: | 10 |
| Brand: | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN: | 9780199535767 |
| Length in Inches: | 5 |
| Width in Inches: | 7.7 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.9 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.831 |
