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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 November 2007
      18 June 2007
      ISBN:
      9781139001557
      9780521839631
      9780521548427
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521839637
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.862kg, 562 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.84kg, 562 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Philosophy, Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    History of Philosophy, Classical Studies, Classical Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy
    Series:
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    This Companion provides a comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic disciplines, bring a spectrum of interpretive approaches to bear in order to aid the understanding of a wide-ranging audience, from first-time readers of the Republic who require guidance, to more experienced readers who wish to explore contemporary currents in the work's interpretation. The three initial chapters address aspects of the work as a whole. They are followed by essays that match closely the sequence in which topics are presented in the ten books of the Republic. Since the Republic returns frequently to the same topics by different routes, so do the authors of this volume, who provide the readers with divergent yet complementary perspectives by which to appreciate the Republic's principal concerns.

    Reviews

    'Eminently suited to guide students, whether graduates or advanced undergraduates, through this intimidating text while at the same time introducing them to significant contemporary disputes in its interpretation. The Companions chapters … are to be congratulated for resisting the tendency to mystification.'

    Edward Butler Source: Metapsychology

    'A book that all admirers of Ethics with Aristotle will read with great pleasure.'

    Source: Revue philsophique de Louvain

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