Socrates' Second Sailing: On Plato's Republic

by Seth Benardete

Book Overview

In this section-by-section commentary, Benardete argues that Plato's Republic is a holistic analysis of the beautiful, the good, and the just. This book provides a fresh interpretation of the Republic and a new understanding of philosophy as practiced by Plato and Socrates.

"Cryptic allusions, startling paradoxes, new questions . . . all work to give brilliant new insights into the Platonic text."-Arlene W. Saxonhouse, Political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226042448
• ISBN13: 9780226042442
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"