The Republic of Plato

Name: The Republic of Plato
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Allan Bloom
ISBN: 9781668611944

Author: Allan Bloom

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 20 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 07/05/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Political Science, Political Ideologies

Synopsis

The definitive translation of Plato's Republic, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy

Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed translation by Allan Bloom was the first to take a strictly literal approach. In addition to the annotated text, there is also a rich and valuable essay -- as well as indices -- which will enable readers to better understand the heart of Plato's intention.

About Allan Bloom

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. He is the author of three books of poems and several books of criticism and biography.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry

Plato's "The Republic", is a great but flawed masterpiece of western literature, yes it makes sense, mostly, some of it. "I am the wisest man in the world because I know one thing, that I know nothing", said the smart man ... Socrates. Plato is writing for Socrates, his friend and teacher. Late teac......more

Goodreads review by Emily May

My re-reading of this for my university course has led me to the same conclusions I found when I first read it a couple of years back, except this time I am fortunate enough to have understood it better than last time. My conclusions being that Plato, and through him Socrates, was very intelligent,......more

Quotes

"The best available English translation....It compels intelligent readers to come to grips with what Plato actually wrote."—American Political Science Review