Republic
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Narrateur(s):
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Jim Barclay
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Auteur(s):
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Plato
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Christopher Rowe - translator
À propos de cet audio
Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by Jim Barclay, best known for their roles in The Young Ones and Jeeves and Wooster. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Christopher Rowe, also read by Jim Barclay.
We set about founding the best city we could, because we could be confident that if it was good we would find justice in it.
The Republic, Plato's masterwork, was first enjoyed 2,400 years ago and remains one of the most widely read books in the world: as a foundational work of Western philosophy and for the richness of its ideas and virtuosity of its writing. Presented as a dialogue between Plato's teacher Socrates and various interlocutors, it is an exhortation to philosophy, inviting its listeners to reflect on the choices to be made if we are to live the best life available to us. This complex, dynamic work creates a picture of an ideal society governed not by the desire for money, power or fame, but by philosophy, wisdom and justice.
Christopher Rowe's accurate and enjoyable new translation remains faithful to the many variations of the Republic's tone, style and pace. This edition also contains a chronology, further reading, an outline of the work's main arguments and an introduction discussing Plato's relationship with Socrates, and the Republic's style, ideas and historical context.
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- James Burns
- 2021-10-14
A Good Translation
I read (Kindle) and listened (Audible) to this translation at the same time. I also read Allan Bloom's translation of the Republic in conjunction with it. While I think Bloom's translation is closer to the intent of the dialogue, Rowe does a good job.
As for the intent of the dialogue, well... a lot of people have argued for literal eons about this. Too many, unfortunately read it with the kind of learned ignorance Socrates was so intent on revealing in everyone he talked to. For me, I was taught at university that Plato (and by extension Socrates) was just a dead white male proto-nazi with a penchant for boys. The mental poverty required to come to that conclusion is a prime example of some of the problems the academic world faces.
I personally tend to agree with Pierre Hadot in "What is Ancient Philosophy?", that the dialogues were used by Plato and those of his school as a means to bring his students to an understanding of how to live a good life. In that sense justice, which is the prime focus of the Republic, isn't simply a concept, it is a way of living; and it can only really be understood by living justly.
For all those who dismiss Plato due to an infection of racist, sexist or scientistic ideology, you may find Neoplatonic ideas making a come back over the next few decades; so prepare your mental barricades. For the curious, reading Plato with an open mind, perhaps preceded by Hadot's book above, might be a worthwhile investment of time.
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