The Republic

Plato

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Suggestions for Further Reading

Blackburn, Simon. Plato’s Republic (Books That Changed the World). New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.

Bloom, Allan. “Interpretive Essay.” The Republic of Plato: Second Edition. New York: Basic Books, 1991.

Ferrari, G. R. F. The Cambridge Companion to Plato. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Grube, G. M. A. Plato’s Thought. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1980.

Pappas, Nickolas. Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Plato and The Republic. New York and London: Routledge, 2003.

Reeve, C. D. C. “Introduction.” Plato’s Republic: Third Edition. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2004.

Santas, Gerasimos Xenophon, ed. Plato’s Republic. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.

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