Plato's 'Republic'

These new essays provide a state-of-the-art research picture of the most interesting, puzzling, and provoking aspects of Plato's Republic.

Mark L. McPherran is Professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University. He is the author of The Religion of Socrates (1996) and of numerous articles on ancient philosophy.

Introduction Mark L. McPherran; 1. Socrates in the Republic G. R. F. Ferrari; 2. Platonic ring-composition and Republic X Rachel Barney; 3. The Atlantis story: the Republic and the Timaeus Julia Annas; 4. Ethics and politics in Socrates' defense of justice Rachana Kamtekar; 5. Plato's divided soul Christopher Shields; 6. The meaning of 'saphêneia' in Plato's divided line J. H. Lesher; 7. Plato's philosophical method in the Republic: the divided line (510b-511d) Hugh H. Benson; 8. Blindness and reorientation: education and the acquisition of knowledge in the Republic C. D. C. Reeve; 9. Music all pow'rful Malcolm Schofield; 10. Return to the cave Nicholas D. Smith; 11. Degenerate regimes in Plato's Republic Zena Hitz; 12. Virtue, luck, and choice at the end of the Republic Mark L. McPherran; Bibliography; Index of passages; Index of names and subjects.