Plato's Republic: Critical Essays - Paperback

by Richard Kraut (Author), Julia Annas (Contribution by), John M. Cooper (Contribution by)

Bringing between two covers the most influential and accessible articles on Plato's Republic, this collection illuminates what is widely held to be the most important work of Western philosophy and political theory. It will be valuable not only to philosophers, but to political theorists, historians, classicists, literary scholars, and interested general readers.

Author Biography

Richard Kraut is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Plato and the author of Aristotle on the Human Good and Socrates and the State. He is professor of philosophy at Northwestern University.