Title The republic / Plato ; translated with an introduction by Desmond Lee

Edition Second edition (revised), 1974. Reprinted with additional revisions, 1987 Published Harmondsworth ; Baltimore : Penguin, 1974 London, England ; New York, New York, USA : Penguin Books, 1987

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Description 469 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm Series Penguin classics Penguin classics. Contents Part I : introduction -- Part II : preliminaries -- Part III : education : the first stage -- Part IV : guardians and auxiliaries -- Part V : justice in state and in individual -- Part VI : women and the family -- Part VII : the philosopher ruler -- Part VIII : education of the philosopher -- Part IX : imperfect societies -- Part X : theory of art -- Part XI : the immortality of the soul and the rewards of goodness Summary The best known of Plato's dialogues, The republic applies the principles of philosophy to political affairs Notes Translated from Greek Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-469) Notes Previous ed. of this translation, 1955 Subject Justice -- Early works to 1800. Political science -- Early works to 1800. Political science. Utopias -- Early works to 1800. Genre/Form Utopian fiction. Author Lee, H. D. P. (Henry Desmond Pritchard), 1908-1993, translator LC no. 75315567 ISBN 0140440488 (paperback) 9780140440485 (paperback)

Other Titles Republic. English (Lee)

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