Socrates' Second Sailing

Socrates' Second Sailing
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9780226042442
ISBN-13 : 0226042448
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Book Synopsis Socrates' Second Sailing by : Seth Benardete

Download or read book Socrates' Second Sailing written by Seth Benardete and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-10-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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


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