Republic (Oxford World’s Classics)

Óptimo. Si deseas refrescar tu inglés con un gran texto este es uno de los mejores posibles. Alguna anotación al margen sería deseable.

Wow, what an amazing piece of history this writing is! You really cannot understate the importance of Plato's "The Republic." The writing explores what an ideal state/nation/society is and how to achieve it. I won't go into too much detail, but the writing covers A LOT of ground. It discusses the nature of justice, the theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the role of philosophy and poetry in society. If you consider yourself a learned person, you cannot skip over this writing from 3 [...]

I'm trying to alternate between fun audiobooks and ones that I feel I should read rather than having any desire to do so. Plato's Republic was in that second group. I honestly expected to hate it. But it's one of the fundamental classics. So on the list it goes to listen to while I commute. And I loved it. It may have been that it was a full cast audio but it honestly did feel like being with a group. Maybe a quarter of the way in I realized what it reminded me of: when you are at a very mellow [...]

Whew, that was an intense read! I gave five stars because after careful consideration I realized that Alan Blooms interpretive essay really helped me to understand the The Republic to a different degree. The first ten books are the shoes, the interpretive essay is the shoe lace and it ties all of it up very neatly. To read something over 2,000 years old that’s been translated from Ancient Greek is a task in itself, I commend this translations interpreter he did a stellar job. This book is Heav [...]

The greatness of Plato, and how this book, more than 2000 year later, perfectly fits the current global political situation are not part of my rating. This review is for the kindle version, and the work of the translator Mr. Jowett. It was my first time reading it in English, and it was as inspiring as the first time i read it. Kudos. As per those looking for a kindle version with annotations, footnotes, because my teacher told me "i have to read it".if you cannot understand the mess [...]

It may feel like having a tooth pulled, but it really is something that everyone should read. Important to know how this philosophy had an influence on our own government system.