Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic

by Nicholas D. Smith

Nicholas D. Smith presents an original interpretation of the Republic, considering it to be a book about knowledge and education. Over the course of Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic, he argues for four main theses. Firstly, the Republic is not just a work that has a lot to say about education; it is a book that depicts Socrates as attempting to engage his interlocutors in such a way as to help to educate them and also engages us, the readers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019884283X
• ISBN13: 9780198842835
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"