Plato: The Republic by Plato - 1980

Plato: The RepublicTranslation, Introduction and Analysis by Benjamin Jowett; Illustrated with Medallions Cut on Wood by Fritz Kredel; The Easton Press, Norwalk Connecticut, 1980; Collectors Edition bound in Genuine Leather, thus Hardcover. Accented with gold gilt decorative spine, accents, and gilded edges. The end-sheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. Raised hubbed spines. ---- Fine, As New Condition. No discernible signs of any wear. The book is clean, tight and secure binding, unmarked, no writing, no highlighting, no stains, no rips, no edge chipping or scratches, no page folds. Please review pictures for greater detail. Free USA Shipping ---- The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and has proven to be one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically. In the dialogue, Socrates talks with various Athenians and foreigners about the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man. They consider the natures of existing regimes and then propose a series of different, hypothetical cities in comparison, culminating in Kallipolis, a city-state ruled by a philosopher king. They also discuss the theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the role of the philosopher and of poetry in society. The dialogue's setting seems to be during the Peloponnesian War.