Here you can read online Plato - Platos the Republic Notes (Cliffs Notes) full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 1967, publisher: Cliffs Notes, genre: Politics. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:
Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.
Platos the Republic Notes (Cliffs Notes): summary, description and annotation
We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "Platos the Republic Notes (Cliffs Notes)" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.
Considered to be one of the three greatest philosophical tomes of all time, The Republic is Platos account and interpretation of Socratess ideas about life, meaning, and the just society. This text has provoked and shaped thought for thousands of years and is as applicable now as it ever was.
Plato: author's other books
Who wrote Platos the Republic Notes (Cliffs Notes)? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.
Platos the Republic Notes (Cliffs Notes) — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work
Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Platos the Republic Notes (Cliffs Notes)" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.
by C. H. Patterson, Ph.D. Department of Philosophy University of Nebraska
including Foreword PlatoHis Life and Times The Dialogues General Remarks Summaries and Commentaries Questions for Review Select Bibliography
INCORPORATED LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68501
Page 2
Editor
Gary Carey, M.A. University of Colorado
Consulting Editor
James L. Roberts, Ph.D. Department of English University of Nebraska
ISBN 0-8220-1129-8 Copyright 1963 by Cliffs Notes, Inc. All Rights Reserved Printed in U.S.A.
1999 Printing
The Cliffs Notes logo, the names ''Cliffs" and "Cliffs Notes," and the black and yellow diagonal-stripe cover design are all registered trademarks belonging to Cliffs Notes, Inc., and may not be used in whole or in part without written permission.
Cliffs Notes, Inc. Lincoln, Nebraska
Page 3
Contents
Foreword
5
PlatoHis Life and Times
6
The Dialogues
7
General Remarks
8
Summaries and Commentaries
Book I
10
Book II
19
Book III
26
Book IV
32
Book V
40
Book VI
47
Book VII
52
Book VIII
61
Book IX
67
Book X
70
Review Questions
77
Selected Bibliography
77
Page 5
Foreword
This guide is designed to help you to read and to understand The Republic. One of the difficulties people sometimes encounter when they first read Plato's works is the dialogue form of his books. Of course this dialogue form makes them so much more entertaining to read; but at the same time, the very ''chattiness" and drama of a living conversation often make it difficult to follow the ideas Plato is very carefully and often very subtly putting forward.
This guide is an attempt to present the main ideas and arguments of The Republic in a rather simplified form. The best way to use the guide is to read it together with The Republic; it is not, and could not be, a substitute for the book.
Page 6
PlatoHis Life and Times
Plato, the greatest and the most original of all the ancient philosophers of Greece, was born in Athens in the year 427 B.C. He died in 347, at the age of eighty. Both his parents were members of old and distinguished Athenian families. His two older brothers, Glaucon and Adeimantus, play important roles in The Republic.
At the time of Plato's birth and throughout the years of his youth, Athens was in a state of political upheaval. The Peloponnesian War (between the city-states of Athens and Sparta) was in full progress, and there were a number of revolutions in Athens. Democratic governmentthe rule of the manywas ousted by oligarchic governmentthe rule of the chosen fewonly to be replaced once again by the democrats. Plato grew up to be disgusted with the political situation. Both parties, it seemed to him, had been corrupt and self-seeking; neither government had performed its proper function of safeguarding the true interests of the people. One of the most important aims of
Similar books «Platos the Republic Notes (Cliffs Notes)»
Look at similar books to Platos the Republic Notes (Cliffs Notes). We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.
Reviews about «Platos the Republic Notes (Cliffs Notes)»
Discussion, reviews of the book Platos the Republic Notes (Cliffs Notes) and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.
![Averroes on Platos Republic [trans. Ralph Lerner] (Cornell - Averroes on Plato’s Republic](/uploads/posts/book/324094/thumbs/averroes-on-plato-s-republic-trans-ralph.jpg)
