The Republic by Plato, Benjamin Jowett, Benjamin Jowett - 9781784286996

Arcturus Publishing Ltd

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: Social and political philosophy\nPublisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd\nPublication year: 2017\nISBN-13: 9781784286996\nISBN-10: 1784286990\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe Republic is one of the earliest political treatises ever written and Plato''s most remarkable work. Through a fictional dialogue with Socrates, Plato examines the nature of justice, the character of the city-state, and what it means to be a just man. Plato argued that power corrupts and the only way to protect against this was through the rule of philosopher kings. In The Rep.