Description: Bringing between two covers the most influential and accessible articles on Plato's Republic, this collection illuminates what is widely held to be the most important work of Western philosophy and political theory. It will be valuable not only to philosophers, but to politica...
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"This is an interesting and valuable collection, which will be extremely useful in many courses dealing with Plato and the issues that he treats." --Nicholas White, University of Utah
"The spread of topics is wide, reasonably balanced. . . . The book will serve well as a set of secondary readings to accompany an advanced course on the Republic. . . . This is a useful collection which will certainly find its way onto many bibliographies." --Stephen Halliwell, Classical Review "This is an interesting and well-balanced collection. . . . There is a fine balance between earlier, well established pieces, and recent material. I am delighted that such a volume is now available." --Julius M. Moravcsik, Stanford University