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The Republic de Plato

The Republic

Autor Plato Traducere de Benjamin Jowett
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en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2006

Evoluția filozofiei politice occidentale își găsește punctul de origine în acest dialog socratic, o lucrare care a încetat de mult să fie doar un text antic, devenind fundamentul pe care s-au construit teoriile despre dreptate și guvernare. În această ediție din seria Collins Classics, remarcăm efortul de a aduce textul lui Plato mai aproape de cititorul contemporan prin traducerea lui Joe Sachs, care reușește să păstreze rigoarea filozofică fără a recurge la un limbaj excesiv de arhaic. Subliniem că Republic nu este doar un tratat politic, ci o investigație psihologică și etică asupra fericirii omului drept în raport cu cel nedrept.

Structura volumului este riguros organizată în zece cărți, fiecare fiind urmată de întrebări de studiu care facilitează integrarea în curriculumul academic sau parcurgerea individuală. Această ediție extinde cadrul propus de An Analysis of Plato's The Republic prin includerea unor anexe istorice și literare valoroase, precum fragmente din Tucidide sau Xenofon, care oferă contextul necesar înțelegerii imperialismului athenian și a statutului social al vremii. Suntem de părere că această abordare transformă lectura dintr-un exercițiu abstract într-o experiență ancorată în realitatea istorică a Războiului Peloponeziac.

În contextul operei autorului, Republic reprezintă sinteza maturității sale, rafinând dialogul dialectic început în The Apology and Related Dialogues și extinzând metafizica iubirii din Plato Symposium către o viziune sistemică asupra societății. De la alegoria peșterii până la conceptul regilor-filozofi, textul rămâne o referință critică pentru oricine dorește să înțeleagă rădăcinile idealismului și ale realismului politic.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781406831702
ISBN-10: 1406831700
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Echo Library
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Această ediție din Collins Classics este ideală pentru studenți și pasionați de filozofie, oferind un aparat critic modern cu întrebări de studiu și anexe istorice. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă clară asupra definiției dreptății și a structurii statului ideal, beneficiind de o traducere fluidă care elimină barierele limbajului academic dens, rămânând fidelă spiritului original al lui Plato.

Despre autor

Plato (cca. 427–347 î.Hr.) a fost un filozof athenian fundamental pentru cultura europeană, fondator al Academiei din Atena, prima instituție de învățământ superior din lumea vestică. Elev al lui Socrate și mentor al lui Aristotel, el a pus bazele metafizicii, eticii și filozofiei politice prin forma dialogului scris. Opera sa, descrisă adesea ca fundamentul întregii tradiții intelectuale occidentale, introduce concepte revoluționare precum Teoria Formelor și idealul guvernării luminate, influențând decisiv teologia creștină și structura gândirii politice moderne.

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The central work of one of the West's greatest philosophers, The Republic of Plato is a masterpiece of insight and feeling, the finest of the Socratic dialogues, and one of the great books of Western culture. Now Robin Waterfield offers a new translation of The Republic, one that captures the
dramatic realism, poetic beauty, intellectual vitality, and emotional power of Plato at his height.
Deftly weaving three main strands of argument into an artistic whole--the ethical and political, the aesthetic and mystical, and the metaphysical--Plato explores in The Republic the elements of the ideal community, where morality can be achieved in a balance of wisdom, courage, and restraint. But
of course the dialogue is as much about our internal life as about social morality, for these vital elements must likewise work together to create harmonious human beings. Equally important, Plato achieves more than a philosophical dialogue of lasting fame and importance: The Republic is a literary
masterpiece as well, presenting the philosophy with poetic power, with strikingly memorable images (the simile of the cave being the best known of Plato's unforgettable images of the human condition), carrying the reader along by the wit and intensity of the language.
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"Waterfield's is certainly the best translation of the Republic available. It is accurate and informed by deep philosophical understanding of the text; unlike other translations it combines these virtues with an impressive ability to render Plato into English that is an varied and expressive as is
Plato's Greek." --Julia Annas

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An authoritative new translation of Plato's The Republic by Christopher Rowe, with notes and an introduction.

'We set about founding the best city we could, because we could be confident that if it was good we would find justice in it'
The Republic, Plato's masterwork, was first enjoyed 2,400 years ago and remains one of the most widely-read books in the world: as a foundational work of Western philosophy, and for the richness of its ideas and virtuosity of its writing. Presented as a dialogue between Plato's teacher Socrates and various interlocutors, it is an exhortation to philosophy, inviting its readers to reflect on the choices to be made if we are to live the best life available to us. This complex, dynamic work creates a picture of an ideal society governed not by the desire for money, power or fame, but by philosophy, wisdom and justice.
Christopher Rowe's accurate and enjoyable new translation remains faithful to the many variations of the Republic's tone, style and pace. This edition also contains a chronology, further reading, an outline of the work's main arguments and an introduction discussing Plato's relationship with Socrates, and the Republic's style, ideas and historical context.

Notă biografică

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. In Athens, Plato founded the Academy, a philosophical school where he taught the philosophical doctrines that would later become known as Platonism. Plato (or Platon) was a pen name derived, apparently, from the nickname given to him by his wrestling coach - allegedly a reference to his physical broadness. According to Alexander of Miletus quoted by Diogenes of Sinope his actual name was Aristocles, son of Ariston, of the deme Collytus (Collytus being a district of Athens).[2]Plato was an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms in philosophy. He raised problems for what later became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy. His most famous contribution is the Theory of forms, which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He is also the namesake of Platonic love and the Platonic solids.His own most decisive philosophical influences are usually thought to have been, along with Socrates, the pre-Socratics Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although few of his predecessors' works remain extant and much of what we know about these figures today derives from Plato himself.[a]Along with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy.[b] Unlike the work of nearly all of his contemporaries, Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years.[6] Although their popularity has fluctuated, Plato's works have consistently been read and studied.[7] Through Neoplatonism Plato also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy (through e.g. Al-Farabi). In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato

Recenzii

"Joe Sachs, known and respected for his excellent translations of Aristotle, deserves great praise for this new translation of Plato's Republic. Based on the latest definitive edition of the Greek text and guided by a sense that Greek in English need not read like an old, foreign tongue, Sachs' translation captures the flow of the conversation in an English that reads smoothly, even when the ideas expressed force one to pause and look again. Fluid, yet accurate, Sachs' translation allows the thoughtful reader deeper entry into this all-important book. The editorial guides and typographical signs to remind the reader of who has joined the argument most recently are all highly helpful and most welcome. I look forward to reading this with students."
—Charles E. Butterworth, University of Maryland

The Focus Philosophical Library publishes clear, faithful editions by renowned scholars and teachers enabling access for modern students to essential ideas and wisdom of the world’s greatest thinkers.

"Joe Sachs, known and respected for his excellent translations of Aristotle, deserves great praise for this new translation of Plato's Republic. Based on the latest definitive edition of the Greek text and guided by a sense that Greek in English need not read like an old, foreign tongue, Sachs' translation captures the flow of the conversation in an English that reads smoothly, even when the ideas expressed force one to pause and look again. Fluid, yet accurate, Sachs' translation allows the thoughtful reader deeper entry into this all-important book. The editorial guides and typographical signs to remind the reader of who has joined the argument most recently are all highly helpful and most welcome. I look forward to reading this with students."
—Charles E. Butterworth, University of Maryland

Joe Sachs taught for thirty years at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He has translated Aristotle's Physics, Metaphysics and On the Soul and, for the Focus Philosophical Library, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Poetics, and Plato's Theaetetus and Republic.

Cuprins

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Book I
Chapter 3 Study Questions
Part 4 Book II
Chapter 5 Study Questions
Part 6 Book III
Chapter 7 Study Questions
Part 8 Book IV
Chapter 9 Study Questions
Part 10 Book V
Chapter 11 Study Questions
Part 12 Book VI
Chapter 13 Study Questions
Part 14 Book VII
Chapter 15 Study Questions
Part 16 Book VIII
Chapter 17 Study Questions
Part 18 Book IX
Chapter 19 Study Questions
Part 20 Book X
Chapter 21 Study Questions
Part 22 Appendix 1:Cephalus and Polemarchus (Lysias, Against Eratosthenes)
Part 23 Appendix 2:Athenian Imperialism (Thucydides, "The Melian Dialogue")
Part 24 Appendix 3:The Ring of Gyges (Herodotus, Histories, Book I)
Part 25 Appendix 4:The Status of Women (Xenophon, Oeconomicus)
Part 26 Appendix 5:Athenian Constitutional History