Republic (Ethics (Ready Reference series))
At a glance:
- Author: Aristocles
- First Published: 1701
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
- Subjects: Justice, Philosophy or philosophers, Social issues, Gods or goddesses, Wealth, Greek or Roman times, Arms or weapons, Statesmen, Poetics
- Locales: Greece, Piraeus, ancient Greece
The Work
Republic consists of a lengthy discussion of the advantages of choosing justice rather than injustice. In order to persuade his interlocutors, Socrates, the protagonist of Republic, uses every rhetorical device available to him, blending images and arguments into a whole that is worthy of the name “cosmos.” Included in the work are fictional regimes, noble lies, an analogy of the good, allegories exposing human ignorance, geometrical explanations of knowledge, an image of the soul in speech, and a myth. The interlocutors, however, remain skeptical....
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