Plato's Republic: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (917 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802143644 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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K. Kehler said A disappointment. I'm a fan of Simon Blackburn's, having read his books on quasi-realism (a scholarly work), on ethics, and on truth (both of these being fairly popular works). I'm also an amateur Platologist (as a lark I almost wrote "Platonist"). This book was therefore one I looked forward to, not least because Plato is a remarkably potent dramatic writer, bequeathing themes and ideas that would inspire ma. Hard reading. Sahra Badou If you have not read Plato's Republic, you will find this book, which is really one big essay, difficult to absorb.I have read Plato back in school (Europe), when I was 13 years old! I honestly do not remember much, other than that he was a Greek Philosopher. I liked reading about that era, especially the books of Homer (Iliad and Odyssey). But what the Republic was about I do not have a clu. A Scathing Indictment of the Fatal Flaws in Plato's philosophy Roy E. Perry Simon Blackburn, professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge, calls Plato's Republic "the greatest and most fertile single book of the Western philosophical canon." Plato has strongly influenced modern philosophers such as Kant, Schopenhauer, Bergson, and Wittgenstein, and his influence on the development of Christianity has been immeasurable. Nevertheless, Blackburn has strong ob
As the distinguished Cambridge professor Simon Blackburn points out, it has probably sustained more commentary, and been subject to more radical and impassioned disagreement, than almost any other text in the modern world. Its discussion of the perfect city--and the perfect mind--laid the foundations for Western culture and has been the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Augustine to twentieth-century philosophers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, Western thought is still conditioned by this most important, and contemporary, of books.. A clear and accessible introduction to philosophy’s first superstar” (Kirkus Reviews), Plato’s Republic explores the judicial, moral, and political ideas in the Republic with dazzling insight. Blackburn also examines Republic’s influence and staying power, and shows why, from St. Plato is perhaps the most significant philosopher who ever lived and T
He is the author of Think, Truth and the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. . Simon Blackburn is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
"Backburn clarifies A. N. Whitehead's claim that all philosophy is merely footnotes to Plato.""Plato's Republic which Blackburn rightly suggests is the first book to shake the world, is loaded with perennial questions that every generation must struggle with. How are we to live our lives? What is virtue and can it be taught? Are pleasure and good the same?"