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    The Republic (Bloom Translation) by Allan Bloom, Allan Bloom (Editor), Allan Bloom (Translator)

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    Textbook (Paperback - 2nd Edition)

    • 487pp
    • Sales Rank: 9,253

    Textbook Information

    • ISBN-13: 9780465069347
    • Edition Description: 2nd Edition
    • Edition Number: 2
    • Pub. Date: September 1991
    • Publisher: Basic Books

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    • Pub. Date: September 1991
    • Publisher: Basic Books
    • Format: Textbook Paperback, 487pp
    • Sales Rank: 9,253
    • Lexile: 1160L 

    Synopsis

    "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 ed"

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    The most important of the Socratic dialogues, the Republic is concerned with the construction of an ideal commonwealth and thus is the earliest of utopias.

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    Biography

    Allan Bloom is professor of social thought at the University of Chicago. The author of many books, including The Closing of the American Mind, he is also the translator of Rousseau’s Emile (Basic Books, 1979).

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    An excellent take on human society that's still relevant todayby protagonistpro

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    October 01, 2009: While the language is 'heavy', and the interpretative essay does not hold you hand in exploring my significant ideas in rapid succession, it is a great work to explore and to understand.

    The best translation out there!by Anonymous

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    May 29, 2000: simply the best translation out there....I couldn't have gotten through my political science classes without it!