An accessible companion to one of Platos most important works now in a welcomeupdated second edition. It leads the reader through Platos life thebackground to t... » 

An accessible companion to one of Platos most important works now in a welcomeupdated second edition. It leads the reader through Platos life thebackground to the Republic its text and ideas and its continuing influenceon Western thought.In this second edition of the highly successful Routledge PhilosophyGuideBook to Plato and the Republic Nickolas Pappas extends his explorationof the text to include substantial revisions and new material. In addition tothe existing text the chapters on Platos ethics and politics have beenrevised and enlarged to include two brand new sections. There is furtherdiscussion of Plato on aesthetics including a section of Aristotles criticismof Plato on beauty. «