| #513639 in Books | 2013-02-04 | Original language:Ancient Greek | PDF # 1 | 1.20 x4.60 x6.30l,.98 | File type: PDF | 656 pages||96 of 99 people found the following review helpful.| Far from perfect, but still very good.|By Mr. S. Koller|This is a review of Christopher Rowe's new (2012) translation of Plato's masterpiece, the Republic (ISBN 0141442433). It is not a review of Plato's Republic as such, but solely of the merits and demerits of Rowe's translation.
I've never quite trusted Rowe as an exegete of Plato, as he's got too much of his ow
Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practitioners, was born to a prosperous and politically active family ca. 427 bce. In early life an admirer of Socrates, Plato later founded the first institution of higher learning in the West, the Academy, among whose many notable alumni was Aristotle. Traditionally ascribed to Plato are thirty-six dialogues developing Socrates’ dial...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Plato: Republic, Volume I: Books 1-5 (Loeb Classical Library) | Plato. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
