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# The Republic (Penguin Classics)

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Review: A classic edition-though an alternative would be welcome - Desmond Lee's translation is no doubt very learned yet easy and convenient to read. His endnotes and annotations are on the whole exceedingly helpful. Still, an alternative edition, of the same quality standard but with a slightly different character, would be welcome, so that it could be read side by side with Lee's edition. Re the translation, one wonders whether Lee, in a bid to accommodate the modern reader, goes too far in rendering Plato's terms in a variety of modern terms. For some of the key concepts, Lee provides the original in endnotes, which is helpful but involves a lot of going back and forth (footnotes might have been preferable). For many concepts, he does not. This is not a call for having the original next to the translation, but for a more literal translation. Re Lee's annotations and appendices, they are helpful analytically but not as much philosophically. I would have loved to have brief philosophical essays on the key similes or concepts in the appendix. The list of secondary readings, which is almost entirely by so-called "analytical" philosophers, hence extremely one-sided and curtailed, gives it away: this edition is produced in an "analytical" tradition. The alternative edition I'd hope for would be furbished by philosophers. One finds them in German or French, of course, but I'd like to see that in English, too.
Review: Fantastic - This read was enormously imperative for a student of philosophy. Learning importances of formations of different governments and how childhoods attribute towards such formations, relativity of the soul, and it's influences and immortality, the definition of the Forms, the illusions of life as depicted by Plato, and the importance of dialogue in philosophy such as dialects and many more. Congratulations to the initiator of this read as you will come out on the other end a far greater knower of the importance of knowledge and it's levels of ranking.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #4,387 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Foreign Language Materials |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,540) |
| Dimensions  | 7.8 x 5.08 x 0.81 inches |
| Edition  | New |
| Grade level  | 12 and up |
| ISBN-10  | 0140455116 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0140455113 |
| Item Weight  | 11.7 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 416 pages |
| Publication date  | September 14, 2007 |
| Publisher  | Penguin Classics |
| Reading age  | 18 years and up |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A classic edition-though an alternative would be welcome
*by M***Z on November 1, 2024*

Desmond Lee's translation is no doubt very learned yet easy and convenient to read. His endnotes and annotations are on the whole exceedingly helpful. Still, an alternative edition, of the same quality standard but with a slightly different character, would be welcome, so that it could be read side by side with Lee's edition. Re the translation, one wonders whether Lee, in a bid to accommodate the modern reader, goes too far in rendering Plato's terms in a variety of modern terms. For some of the key concepts, Lee provides the original in endnotes, which is helpful but involves a lot of going back and forth (footnotes might have been preferable). For many concepts, he does not. This is not a call for having the original next to the translation, but for a more literal translation. Re Lee's annotations and appendices, they are helpful analytically but not as much philosophically. I would have loved to have brief philosophical essays on the key similes or concepts in the appendix. The list of secondary readings, which is almost entirely by so-called "analytical" philosophers, hence extremely one-sided and curtailed, gives it away: this edition is produced in an "analytical" tradition. The alternative edition I'd hope for would be furbished by philosophers. One finds them in German or French, of course, but I'd like to see that in English, too.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic
*by K***R on December 20, 2024*

This read was enormously imperative for a student of philosophy. Learning importances of formations of different governments and how childhoods attribute towards such formations, relativity of the soul, and it's influences and immortality, the definition of the Forms, the illusions of life as depicted by Plato, and the importance of dialogue in philosophy such as dialects and many more. Congratulations to the initiator of this read as you will come out on the other end a far greater knower of the importance of knowledge and it's levels of ranking.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just bought this a month ago
*by V***A on October 6, 2024*

The forward was really easy to read. It gave a lot of context. I also really appreciated the recommendations of what books to read after this one. However when this book was shipped by Amazon the corner of it was a bit folded. I didn't bother returning it because it already arrived and I don't like wasting my time returning products. However if you care about damages I would buy this book in person at a bookstore to save time.

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