Bosanquets work is designed to be read alongside davies and vaughans popular translation. A commentary on platos republic by kenneth quandt preface welcome to, an interactive website that presents a translation and commentary on the republic of plato, for the use of scholars and students hoping to understand this very beautiful work better and better, word by word. Further, mayhew prefaces his project with the claim that these chapters have for the most part been neglected, a claim which is. The translators put forth a persuasive case for the unity of the essays in their introduction to the volume and to the individual essays. Not worth slogging through every note, but can be useful. Bernard bosanquets commentary on the republic provides excellent study notes for the work in english, helping nongreek speakers appreciate platos language and the context of the massive treatise. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Essays on socrates conversations and platos writings, philadelphia. Woozley macmillan london wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Plato, republic 10, with translation and commentary. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise cambridge core to connect with your account. The intelligent troglodytes guide to platos republic is a comprehensive and accurate, easily approachable text that may serve either as a valuable guide to the original text, or as a commentary.
The republic is one of the most important works about philosophy and politics in history, written by plato, one of socrates students in ancient greece, as a dialogue about justice and political systems. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Platos republic is one of the most important works of ancient greek philosophy, and one of the foundation pieces of political science and political philosophy of that and subsequent ages. Scholars seem generally to agree that what plato is doing here is extremely important. Platos republic a philosophical commentary r c cross. Averroes 11261198 wrote a commentary on platos republic, and to some extent supported platos idea of a philosopherking and farabis equation of that philosophical king being an islamic imam. Justly celebrated as platos central text, it brings together all of his prior works, unifying them into a comprehensive vision that is at once theological, philosophical, political and moral. Is there a sidebyside commentary of platos republic. Jowetts introduction to and analysis of the republic in vol. Quite a few comments have been posted about the republic. Yet, it may also serve as an invitation to further exploration and critical reading and analysis of the ideas presented in platos work. Use the link below to share a fulltext version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Edited with critical notes, commentary, and appendices, by james adam, m.
The internet classics archive the republic by plato. Buy this book ebook 28,88 price for spain gross buy ebook isbn 97849028511. Let us suppose that philosophical minds always love knowledge of a sort which shows them the eternal nature not varying from generation and corruption. In the case of the republic it is a form of social engineering based on platos singular conception of morality.
Res publica is a socratic dialogue, authored by plato around 375 bc, concerning justice. Far from advocating blueprint utopianism, platos republic is an indepth examination into the origins and manifestation of tyranny as ive explained in my commentary on platos republic. White, a companion to platos republic indianapolis 1979. Already in the 3rd century bc, we hear of a commentary to platos timaeus being written by crantor of soli. A philosophical commentary, r c ross and a d woo item information. Commentary on platos republic, volume i, essays 16. Treating the republic as a unity and focusing on the dramatic form as the presentation of the argument, stanley rosen challenges earlier analyses of the republic including the ironic reading of leo strauss and his disciples and argues that the key. For me, it serves the role of foreshadowing much that is to come in the same way that things are foreshadowed say, in the beginning of the movie, the wizard of oz. The new republic a commentary on book i of mores utopia showing its relation to platos republic. The intelligent troglodytes guide to platos republic. Unlike his other commentaries, the commentary on platos republic is not a linebyline discussion of platos text, but a set of sixteen essays on the dialogue.
The philosophical texts that we now possess are, we submit, not. Many of the scholars in the platonic academy sought to clarify and explain platos ideas. Many platonist philosophers in the centuries following plato sought to clarify and summarise his thoughts, but it was during the roman era, that the neoplatonists, in particular, wrote many commentaries on individual dialogues of plato, many of which survive to the present day. The republic contains platos allegory of the cave with which he explains his concept of the forms as an answer to the problem of universals. It is generally accepted that the republic belongs to the dialogues of plato s middle period. Obertello 1990 rivista di filosofia neoscolastica 82. Platos republic has proven to be of astounding influence and importance. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. The republic summary december 16, 2016 march 22, 2019 niklas goeke self improvement 1sentencesummary.
Annas, an introduction to platos republic oxford 1981. As in most other platonic dialogues the main character is socrates. Other articles where commentary on platos republic is discussed. Part of the problem with interpreting plato is that we often approach plato through the received lenses of his successors. By the 2nd century the middle platonists were producing paraphrases and. Regarded as platos most important work, the republic has long been studied as a. Since the midnineteenth century, the republic has been plato s most famous and widely read dialogue.
Commentaries on platos republic exist but are sometimes so contaminated by authors prejudices as to render them of dubious value. This is only the first part of a lengthy, 200 page introduction jowett wrote. In literature as in life, justice is taken to be something good, and there are two questions about good that are hard to ask. A philosophical commentary, r c ross and a d woo platos republic. Critical commentaries and studies on platos republic 8. Introduction platos divided line, his cave allegory and the sun analogy, occur together in the central section of the republic and arguably express the core message of this most important of philosophical works. Robert mayhews book concerns not the whole of aristotles criticisms of platos republic but only those contained in politics ii 15, and these criticisms frequently seem to be more a riff on republic 461e466d than a careful sifting of the entire work. It was one of the first pieces i read when undertaking a political science degree. A commentary on book i of mores utopia showing its relation to platos republic. The allegory of the cave primarily depicts platos distinction between the world of appearances and the real world of the forms, 18 as well as helping to justify the philosophers place in society as king. A philosophical commentary 9780333193020 by cross, r. But plato justifies the using of individuals in order to achieve a particular social goal. The new republic a commentary on book i of mores utopia showing its relation to plato s republic. Ernest barker argues that this very principle could earn platos republic the title of the first communist state.
This format will inevitably produce a certain amount of tedium in those who are familiar with the details of the republics argument. A philosophical commentary paperback 17 jun 1979 by r. The answer of the republic, the music of the republic. It is platos bestknown work, and has proven to be one of the worlds most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually. Platos republic is in the form of a running commentary on the entire work, along with extensive philosophical reflections on the exposition. Murray, an interpretation of platos republic oxford 1951. Socrates, cephalus, old age and justice book i of the republic is in many ways the most interesting and important of all the books in platos classic. In plato s early dialogues, socrates refutes the accounts of his interlocutors and the discussion ends with no satisfactory answer to the matter investigated. Its likely that part of platos intention is for the reader to struggle with each paragraph to reveal its meanin. In this book a distinguished philosopher offers a comprehensive interpretation of platos most controversial dialogue. He also includes a brief introduction to fifthcentury greece and plato, along with.