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United States on Oct 10, 2023
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United States on Oct 09, 2023
Jack: Make sure you have markers for important events and make sure you have a pen around theres a lit of mind boggling stuff…
United States on Oct 07, 2023
Joe: A must for an understanding of western politics and ethics
United Kingdom on Oct 05, 2023
Joé Michotte: Choosing a book about philosophy, in particular Plato, but this edition has a vast introduction to capture the context of the book. Really well explained. Before every chapter, the translator gives a small abstract that summarises the chapter and it really helps the reading.
Germany on Sep 01, 2023
Rolando poitras: I've been looking for a copy at a fair price for over a year. I ordered it as soon as I saw the price. I'm not into philosophy. However from what I understand about this book, is that it is the equivalent of the bible for tyrants. To push a tyrannical and dictatorial ideology on the free people of this world. I've read other books like the Prince, the Art of War, and a few others I can't remember right now. All teaching us how to manipulate the masses into accepting enslavement, manipulation, and despair. This book is the grandfather of them all. Nothing like the bible. The Republic is a must read, in order to understand why and how we are brainwashed into believing lies.
" The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself"
- Plato
That's why I highly recommend it. The elites, ivory tower intellectuals, believe WE ARE INFERIOR!
Canada on Aug 16, 2023
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United States on Aug 10, 2023
Mohammed Kouta: Before purchasing this book I read a review that suggested The Republic was such a radiant piece of political philosophy that it should be made mandatory reading for teenagers and young adults, and having been simultaneously both at my time of considering reading it, I decided to test what extent I agreed with the hypothesis by firsthand experience and bought a copy.
I should point out, I read it from the perspective of political philosophy, rather than as a greek historical text, as a classics student might.
The major merit of this book is, in my opinion, in the introduction, where Plato makes a compelling case for the argument that the corrupt outcompete the benevolent for positions of power and authority. He also points out the major flaw of democracy, that is, that a majority can legally impose an injustice on the minority, and 'proves' that all existing power systems are inherently flawed.
The book is written in the form of a fictional dialogue between a fictional version of Socrates and some friends, who gather round at somebody's house to chill and end up on some 10 hour marathon of a philosophical discussion. The format is quite entertaining and novel,...
United Kingdom on Jun 20, 2018
Mr. P. Halewood: Well, what else can you say about The Republic? This book had a much bigger impact on me than I thought it would. I write my reviews as a general reader, not from an academic point of view, so if you are reading for personal reasons, then this review may help you.
I think one of the mistakes you can make with The Republic is to think it is all about politics. It is far from that. It is as much concerned about the individual leading a happy and just life. It is obvious that there are many parallels drawn during the book on the state and the individual, but I think there is an even bigger allegory at play concerning the state as the individual, that perhaps Plato was using behind the whole framework.
The politics is undeniable though. Plato himself was from an aristocratic Athenian background, and he writes at length (through Socrates) of the different types of societies in place, and why The Republic that he has created (in thought) is the best possible system that could exist. It is perhaps a cliché to say that it couldn’t work, but it really wouldn’t. The most frightening aspects of The Republic seem to have been a precursor to the totalitarian governments such...
United Kingdom on Aug 27, 2015
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| Total Reviews | 34 reviews | 117 reviews | 733 reviews |
| ISBN-10 | 0140455116 | 1633887022 | |
| Best Sellers Rank | #2 in Political Philosophy #6 in Ancient Greek History #14 in Ancient Greek & Roman Philosophy | #30 in Ancient Greek History #62 in Ancient Roman History #91 in Cultural Anthropology | |
| Ancient Greek History (Books) | Ancient Greek History | Ancient Greek History | |
| Grade level | 12 and up | ||
| Ancient Greek & Roman Philosophy | Ancient Greek & Roman Philosophy | ||
| ISBN-13 | 978-0140455113 | 978-1633887022 | |
| Reading age | 18 years and up | ||
| Political Philosophy (Books) | Political Philosophy | ||
| Language | English | English | |
| Dimensions | 7.8 x 5.08 x 1.13 inches | 5.58 x 0.84 x 8.55 inches | |
| Paperback | 416 pages | 288 pages | |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7/5 stars of 1,658 ratings | 4.7/5 stars of 656 ratings | |
| Item Weight | 11.6 ounces | 13.3 ounces | |
| Publisher | Penguin Classics; New edition | Prometheus |
United States on Nov 20, 2023