Companion to Plato's Republic (White - pbk)

Author: Nicholas P. White

File under: Plato

ISBN: 9780915144921

Binding: paperback

Section: Philosophy/Rhetoric/Logic

A step by step, passage by passage analysis of the complete Republic. White shows how the argument of the book is articulated, the important interconnections among its elements, and the coherent and carefully developed train of thought which motivates its complex philosophical reasoning. In his extensive introduction, White further describes Plato's aims, introduces the argument, and discusses the major philosophical and ethical theories embodied in the Republic.