"The Republic Of Plato" 1925 DAVIES, John Llewelyn and VAUGHAN, David James

"The Republic Of Plato" 1925 DAVIES, John Llewelyn and VAUGHAN, David JamesDAVIES, John Llewelyn and VAUGHAN, David James [370] pp. Macmillan and Co., Limited 1925 In publisher's pattern slipcase Full morocco burgundy leather bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London, England 6 1 2" x 4 1 4" VG The Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them. There are nearer approaches to modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist; the Politicus or Statesman is

DAVIES, John Llewelyn and VAUGHAN, David James

[370] pp.

Macmillan and Co., Limited

1925

In publisher's pattern slipcase

Full-morocco burgundy leather bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London, England

6 1/2" x 4 1/4"

VG

The Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them. There are nearer approaches to modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist; the Politicus or Statesman is more ideal; the form and institutions of the State are more clearly drawn out in the Laws; as works of art, the Symposium and the Protagoras are of higher excellence. But no other Dialogue of Plato has the same largeness of view and the same perfection of style; no other shows an equal knowledge of the world, or contains more of those thoughts which are new as well as old, and not of one age only but of all. Nowhere in Plato is there a deeper irony or a greater wealth of humor or imagery, or more dramatic power. Nor in any other of his writings is the attempt made to interweave life and speculation, or to connect politics with philosophy. The Republic is the centre around which the other Dialogues may be grouped; here philosophy reaches the highest point to which ancient thinkers ever attained. Plato among the Greeks, like Bacon among the moderns, was the first who conceived a method of knowledge.