Author: Plato
Literary essays
Published on 1 February 2000 by Dover Publications Inc. in the United States as part of 'the Dover Thrift Editions' series.
Paperback | 288 pages
209 x 132 x 18 | 218g
Famous philosophical treatise of the 4th century BC concerns itself chiefly with the idea of justice, as well as such Platonic theories as that of ideas, the criticism of poetry, and the philosopher's role. Source of the famous cave myth and prototype for other imaginary commonwealths, including those of Cicero, St. Augustine, and More. Benjamin Jowett translation.

