Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. This second edition includes a new introduction by Professor Bloom, whose careful translation and interpretation of The Republic was first published in 1968. In addition to the corrected text itself there is also a rich and valuable essay—as well as indexes—which will better enable the reader to approach the heart of Plato's intention.
Allan David Bloom Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
14 september 1930 – 7 oktober 1992
Allan Bloom was een Amerikaanse filosoof en essayist, gevierd om zijn pleidooi voor "Great Books"-onderwijs. Hij verwierf faam met zijn kritiek op het hedendaagse Amerikaanse hoger onderwijs, waarbij hij zijn standpunten uiteenzette in zijn bestseller.
The Closing of the American Mind
How Higher Education Has Failes Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Taday's Students
Foreword Students The clean slate Books Music Relationships Nihilism, American style The German connection Two revolutions & two states of nature The self Creativity Culture Values The Nietzcheanization of the left or vice versa Our ignorance The university From Socrates Apology to Heidegger's Rektoratsrede The Sixties The student & the university Index
Since its publication in 1974, scholars throughout the humanities have adopted G M A Grube's masterful translation of the Republic as the edition of choice for their study and teaching of Plato's most influential work. In this brilliant revision, C D C Reeve furthers Grube's success both in preserving the subtlety of Plato's philosophical argument and in rendering the dialogue in lively, fluent English, that remains faithful to the original Greek. This revision includes a new introduction, index, and bibliography by Reeve.