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Socrates' Second Sailing: On Plato's Republic

Socrates' Second Sailing: On Plato's Republic

Seth Benardete
4.1/5 ( ratings)
In this section-by-section commentary, Benardete argues that Plato's Republic is a holistic analysis of the beautiful, the good, and the just. This book provides a fresh interpretation of the Republic and a new understanding of philosophy as practiced by Plato and Socrates.

"Cryptic allusions, startling paradoxes, new questions . . . all work to give brilliant new insights into the Platonic text."—Arlene W. Saxonhouse, Political Theory
Language
English
Pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Release
October 15, 1992
ISBN
0226042448
ISBN 13
9780226042442

Socrates' Second Sailing: On Plato's Republic

Seth Benardete
4.1/5 ( ratings)
In this section-by-section commentary, Benardete argues that Plato's Republic is a holistic analysis of the beautiful, the good, and the just. This book provides a fresh interpretation of the Republic and a new understanding of philosophy as practiced by Plato and Socrates.

"Cryptic allusions, startling paradoxes, new questions . . . all work to give brilliant new insights into the Platonic text."—Arlene W. Saxonhouse, Political Theory
Language
English
Pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Release
October 15, 1992
ISBN
0226042448
ISBN 13
9780226042442

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