The Republic by Plato Plato PAPERBACK 9780486411217

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The Republic\nby Plato Plato\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Plato Plato\nTitle: The Republic\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Anthologies: general\nPublisher: Dover Publications\nPublication year: 2000\nISBN-13: 9780486411217\nISBN-10: 0486411214\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nFamous philosophical treatise of the 4th century BC concerns itself chiefly with the idea of justice, as well as such Platonic theories as that of ideas, the criticism of poetry, and the philosopher''s role. Source of the famous cave myth and prototype for other imaginary commonwealths, including those of Cicero, St. Augustine, and More. Benjamin Jowett translation.\n\n------------------------------\nW.