The Republic

Please go for it the book quality is too good thank you

Must read for Plato and Greek Philosophy enthusiasts. It gives a deep insight into present day politics and life as well.

Plato is one of the forefathers of Western Philosophy and Student of Socrates, laid foundation with his most famous work "The Republic". This text is a total socratic dialogues, presents Socrates as the narrator but its more of Plato's words. Regarding the Translation by Desmond Lee, its good but there are more modern translations available.

Try to see that the packing is handled with care Amazon. Otherwise the book itself was worth the price

A brain rewiring book , everyone should read it

I found the book quality decent for its price. The font is bleeding through the pages a little bit, but as a Penguin classic I like it's binding, cover and font size. Page quality could have been improved as others in the same price range give better quality pages. About the content, I am not qualified to speak but this is definitely a must read for those into philosophy. It's in the form of a dialogue and this translation is quite good, so majority will find this in a quite readable language. I don't why the seller keeps sending me old stock for this book, even the replacement is dirty and damaged as shown in the pictures. Shame.

Received in a very good condition. Page quality is good....more than 400 pages

Book was little damaged but content in book is solid best read don't miss it

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I personally always prefer a Penguin because of the fantastic essays before the book actually begins. Any praise I could give for Melissa Lane's essay would be inadequate to describe how great it actually is. It is brief yet it puts the book in perspective for a reader who is not very well acquainted with Plato's writings. Those who are more acquainted would not find the essay as fantastic. The translation is not 2013 modern but it is translated into intelligible modern English (no "art thou's" or other archaic Shakespearian sounding English). I have not completed reading the book but I have completed reading part one (the introduction) and in my opinion it is a fantastic translation. As a religion student I have taken my share of ancient Greek classes so I appreciate the translators notes on the difficulty of translating certain sections. Because I know the dead language I can see why somethings would be difficult especially with Plato's τέχνη (techne) analogies in section one. These notes aren't just there to mark where the translation is difficult but also to give the reader an introduction to the following argument to help the reader keep up with Plato's thoughts (especially when they begin to get complicated and intertwined with ancient modern ideas that we are ignorant about). If you are debating between this copy or another, I recommend this one.

Decent book, but it’s very easy to get lost & there’s many words that probably you will have to look up to understand.

The book is in good condition and looks exactly like it did in the picture.

Great book. Love the desing of the Penguin Classics. It arrived in great condition.