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Author:
Plato, author.
Title:
The Republic of Plato / translated and with an interpretive essay by Allan Bloom ; with an introduction by Adam Kirsch.
Publisher:
Basic Books,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xxxviii, 487 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Political science--Early works to 1800.
Utopias--Early works to 1800.
Political science.
Utopias.
Early works.
Other Authors:
Bloom, Allan, 1930-1992, editor. editor.
Kirsch, Adam, contributor
Other Titles:
Republic. English
Notes:
"Copyright ©1968 by Allan Bloom. Preface to the second edition copyright © 1991 Adam Kirsch. Introduction to the 2016 edition copyright © 2016"--Verso of the title page. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this work is the first literal translation of this classic. There is annotated text, an essayas well as indiceswhich will better enable the reader to approach the heart of Plato's intention. This edition includes a new introduction by critic Adam Kirsch, setting the work in its intellectual context for a new generation of readers.-- Adapted from back cover.
ISBN:
9780465094080
0465094082
OCLC:
(OCoLC)945232269
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)

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