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    Plato's Republic
    Plato's Republic
    Plato's Republic
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    Plato's Republic

    Written by Plato

    Narrated by Ray Childs

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    The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? What form of education provides the best leaders for a good republic? What are the various forms of poetry and the other arts, and which ones should be fostered and which ones should be discouraged? How does knowing differ from believing?





    Several characters in the dialogue present a variety of tempting answers to those questions. Cephalus, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus, and Glaucon all offer definitions of justice. Socrates, Glaucon, and Adeimantus explore five different forms of republic and evaluate the merits of each from the standpoint of goodness.





    Two contrasting models of education are proposed and examined. Three different forms of poetry are identified and analyzed. The difference between knowing and believing is discussed in relation to the objects of each kind of thinking.





    © Agora Publications
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAB Publishing
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781518934131
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    Plato

    Plato, one of the most renowned ancient Greek philosophers, was born in 427 B.C. to an aristocratic and wealthy family, which played a prominent part in Athenian politics. Plato in conjunction his teacher, Socrates, and his pupil, Aristotle helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and culture. While primarily influenced by Socrates, Plato’s work was also affected by the philosophies of Heraclitus, Parmenides, and the Pythagoreans. Under the guidance of Socrates, Plato devoted himself to the pursuit of wisdom and upon Socrates’ death, joined a group of the Socratic disciples gathered at Megara. Later he travelled in Egypt, Magna Graecia, and Sicily. He returned to Athens and founded a school, known as the Academy, which seems to have been his home base for the remainder of his life. While thirty-five dialogues and thirteen letters have traditionally been ascribed to Plato, modern scholarship doubts the authenticity of some of them. His early dialogues are also known as the Socratic dialogues and include Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, and Protagoras. He followed these with his transitional dialogues: Gorgias, Meno , and Euthydemus . The Symposium and the Republic are considered the centerpieces of Plato's middle period and are considered some of his most revered work, and other middle dialogues include Phaedo, Phaedrus, and Theaetetus. Plato’s Laws is the best known dialogues of his late period. Plato died in 347 B.C.

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    • 5/5
      Great book. Took a while, but I'm glad I read it

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    • 5/5
      Incredible Book . Every word is a quote from start to finish
    • 4/5
      I don't wish to comment on a classic so venerable.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic, read along with Bloom and interesting where the translations departed Funny/interesting epilogue added.
    • 5/5
      The quality of the direction is amazing. It makes it easier to follow
    • 5/5
      This has to be one of my favorite books in existence.
    • 4/5
      A true classic… Although the back-and-forth narrative and theatrical approach was annoyed at times, and ended up working out quite well.
    • 5/5
      A very interesting discussion on justice and injustice. A bit difficult to keep up as a novice reader but was interesting nonetheless.
    • 4/5
      Gran libro. Sin duda alguna uno de los grandes de todos los tiempos.
    • 4/5
      AmaZing performance gets 5 stars. Content itself tends to go on quite a bit tangentially which may reflect longer attention spans back in the days before modern technology. If there is a 4-hour version of this book, that would be better. But nonetheless I did get through it. How do I feel? What did I learn? Probably a lot of worthwhile info on the topic of how we can create a society.
    • 4/5
      sounds like a dramatization. not bad. I am not knowledgable enough to give an opinion on the content. but I can say that at some times I was amazed at how the author can hold some opinions that one would think are two millennia ahead of his time.
    • 5/5
      Failed to know why was it in 298parts? Great listening!
    • 5/5
      What a mighty piece of work 'The Republic' is! This was pending on my reading list from many years and here I finally read it through my ear. Socrates is on a brutal search for the actual definitions of justice, injustice, goodness, badness, wisdom, soul and it's immortality. And the discussions regarding these important things through logic and persuasion is soul soothing and awakening.

      The voices rendered by all the characters, of Socrates, Gloucon, Adiamantes, and all others make us feel as if the real masters of the discussion were there, seated, and discussing, weighing, evaluating each and every idea with mathematical precision. It's true that this audio book is also an immitation of the discussion of the actual masters,hence it should actually be three times away from truth as per the words of Socrates, but the understanding of the content before uttering the words by each of characters makes the discussion so profusely real and very very near to truth. Dear team, you have my immense gratitude for making such a great audio book.
    • 5/5
      Very good book i higly recomand it for all to read!