Best Translation Of Plato's Republic - April 2024

The Republic of Plato

The definitive translation of Plato's Republic, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophyLong 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.This edition includes an introduction by renowned critic Adam Kirsch, setting the work in its intellectual context for... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0465094082
• ASIN: 0465094082
• ISBN: 0465094082
• Brand: Basic Books
• Manufacturer: Basic Books

A Plato Reader: Eight Essential Dialogues (Hackett Classics)

A Plato Reader offers eight of Plato's best-known works--Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, Symposium, Phaedrus, and Republic--unabridged, expertly introduced and annotated, and in widely admired translations by C. D. C. Reeve, G. M. A. Grube, Alexander Nehamas, and Paul Woodruff.The collection features Socrates as its central character and a model of the examined life. Its range allows us to see him in action in very different settings and philosophical modes: from the elenctic Socrates of the Meno and the dialogues concerning his trial and death, to the erotic Socrates of the Symposium... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1603848118
• ASIN: 1603848118
• ISBN: 1603848118
• Brand: Brand: Hackett Publishing Co.
• Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (Hackett Classics)

The second edition of Five Dialogues presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with an updated bibliography.

• ASIN: 0872206335
• ASIN: 0872206335
• ISBN: 0872206335
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

Plato on Love: Lysis, Symposium, Phaedrus, Alcibiades, with Selections from Republic and Laws (Hackett Classics)

This collection features Plato's writings on sex and love in the preeminent translations of Stanley Lombardo, Paul Woodruff and Alexander Nehamas, D. S. Hutchinson, and C. D. C. Reeve.Reeve's Introduction provides a wealth of historical information about Plato and Socrates, and the sexual norms of classical Athens. His introductory essay looks closely at the dialogues themselves and includes the following sections: Socrates and the Art of Love; Socrates and Athenian Paiderastia; Loving Socrates; Love and the Ascent to the Beautiful; The Art and Psychology of Love Explained; and Writing about L... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0872207889
• ASIN: 0872207889
• ISBN: 0872207889
• Brand: Brand: Hackett Publishing Co.
• Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

Six Great Dialogues: Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Symposium, The Republic (Dover Thrift Editions)

Plato's brilliant dialogues, written in the fourth century B.C., rank among Western civilization's most important philosophical works. Presented as a series of probing conversations between Socrates and his students and fellow citizens, they form a magnificent dialectical quest that examines enduring political, ethical, metaphysical, and epistemological issues. Here, in one inexpensive edition, are six of Plato's remarkable and revelatory dialogues, each translated by distinguished classical scholar Benjamin Jowett. Apology defends the integrity of Socrates' teachings. Crito discusses respect ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486454657
• ASIN: 0486454657
• ISBN: 9780486454658
• Brand: Plato/ Jowett, Benjamin (TRN)
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Plato : Phaedo (Focus Philosophical Library)

This is an English translation of one of Plato’s great dialogues of Socrates talking about death, dying, and the soul due to his impending execution. Included is an introduction and glossary of key terms. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Plato's immediate audience.

• ASIN: 0941051692
• ASIN: 0941051692
• ISBN: 0941051692
• Brand: Brand: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.
• Manufacturer: Focus

The Essential Plato

Plato is indisputably one of the most important philosophers of all time, forming with Socrates and Aristotle the trio of great figures at the heart of classical philosophy. The Essential Plato brings together the thinker's writings with an accessible, informative, and entertaining introduction from Alain de Botton, which puts Plato in a historical context and explains why his life and work are still relevant today. Using the Benjamin Jowett translation, this volume includes the entire Republic; the Apology, which explores the trial and execution of Socrates; The Symposium, Plato's plunge into... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1582880123
• ASIN: 1582880123
• ISBN: 9781582880129
• Manufacturer: Book-of-the-Month Club

Meditations: A New Translation

• ASIN: 0812968255
• ASIN: 0812968255
• ISBN: 9780812968255
• Brand: Modern Library
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

Republic (Oxford World's Classics)

The central work of one of the West's greatest philosophers, The Republic of Plato is a masterpiece of insight and feeling, the finest of the Socratic dialogues, and one of the great books of Western culture. This new translation captures the dramatic realism, poetic beauty, intellectual vitality, and emotional power of Plato at the height of his powers. Deftly weaving three main strands of argument into an artistic whole--the ethical and political, the aesthetic and mystical, and the metaphysical--Plato explores in The Republic the elements of the ideal community, where morality can be achiev... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0192833707
• ASIN: 0192833707
• ISBN: 0192833707
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Republic

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

• ASIN: B0082SV87G
• ASIN: B0082SV87G

The Portable Plato Protagoras, Symposium, Phaedo, and the Republic, Complete, in the English Translation of Benjamin Jowett (An

A delightful copy of Plato, which for many people in the past, the reading of has been the beginning of their deep liberal education. Such education can be both bad and good in that the first symptom that it is taking effect is an incorrigible urge to question things that have been taken for granted in the past..

• ASIN: B000UCKKRG
• ASIN: B000UCKKRG
• Manufacturer: The Viking Press

The Midwife of Platonism: Text and Subtext in Plato's Theaetetus

The Theaetetus is among the most brilliant of Plato's dialogues, but is also deeply enigmatic, leaving readers divided over its philosophical intentions. David Sedley proposes and develops a solution, based on a groundbreaking two-level reading. Offering significant reinterpretations of the dialogue's main arguments, The Midwife of Platonism is addressed to all readers interested in Plato, and does not require knowledge of Greek.

• ASIN: 0199204144
• ASIN: 0199204144
• ISBN: 0199204144
• Brand: Brand: Oxford University Press, USA
• Manufacturer: Clarendon Press

Gorgias (Hackett Classics)

This is an excellent translation. It achieves a very high standard of accuracy and readability, two goals very difficult to attain in combination when it comes to such a master of prose and philosophical argument as Plato. Because of this the book is suitable for courses at all levels in philosophy, from introductory courses on Plato, or problems in Philosophy, to graduate seminars. --Gerasimos Santas, Teaching Philosophy

• ASIN: 0872200167
• ASIN: 0872200167
• ISBN: 0872200167
• Brand: Brand: Hackett Publishing Co.
• Manufacturer: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

Great Dialogues of Plato - The Republic - Apology - Crito - Phaedo - Ion - Meno - Symposium

• ASIN: B000E6IJJ4
• ASIN: B000E6IJJ4
• Manufacturer: New American Library

Meditations

Unabridged private reflections of the Emperor of Rome, on how one is to exist in a world of chaos. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and in the most accepted translation by George Long, is a book that belongs on everyone’s shelf. A favorite of Bill Clinton and John Steinbeck, and influencer of many others for 2,000 years, it is as relevant today to those in power struggles over empires and boardrooms as it was when it was first recorded.  This Value Classic Reprint provides a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.

• ASIN: 1945644583
• ASIN: 1945644583
• ISBN: 1945644583
• Manufacturer: Value Classic Reprints

A Day in Athens with Socrates : Translations from the Protagoras and the Republic of Plato

A Day in Athens with Socrates: Translations from the Protagoras and the Republic of

• UPC: 163484534

Book 1 of Plato's Republic : A Word by Word Guide to Translation (Vol. 1: Chapters 1-12)

This new grammatical reader on Book 1 of Plato's Republic is the most thorough of available resources, designed for students who have only basic skills as well as those at a more advanced level. The

• UPC: 46421223

A Companion to Plato's Republic for English Readers; Being a Commentary Adapted to Davies and Vaughan's Translation

A Companion to Plato's Republic for English Readers; Being a Commentary Adapted to Davies and Vaughan's

• UPC: 991223771

A Day in Athens with Socrates; Translations from the Protagoras and the Republic of Plato Paperback

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• UPC: 288892813

A Companion to Plato's Republic for English Readers; Being a Commentary Adapted to Davies and Vaughan's Translation

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A Day in Athens with Socrates: Translations from the Protagoras and the Republic of Plato Paperback

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A Day in Athens with Socrates; Translations from the Protagoras and the Republic of Plato Paperback

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A Companion to Plato's Republic for English Readers Being a Commentary Adapted to Davies and Vaughan's Translation Hardcover

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• UPC: 257596523

A Day in Athens with Socrates : Translations from the Protagoras and the Republic of Plato - Scholar's Choice Edition

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• UPC: 622072910

Plato's Best Thoughts : Compiled from Prof. Jowett's Translation of the Dialogues of Plato

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