The republic /

This new tranlation of one of the great works of Westem political thought is based on the belief that when Plato chose the dialogue form for his writing,he intended these dialogues to sound like converstions-although conversations of a philosophical sort.In addition to avivid,dignified and accurate rendition of Plato''s text,the student and general reader will find many aids to comprehension in this volune,an introducction that assesses the cultural background to the Republic,its Place within political philosophy,and its general grgunment succinct notes in the body of the text an analytical sunnary of the works full glossary of proper names a chronolgy of the text an analytical sunnary of the work''s content;a full glossary of proper names a chronolgy of important events;and a guede to further reading.The result is an accomplished and accessible edition of this seninal work,suitalbe for philosphers and classicists as well as historians of political thought at all levels. G.R.F.FERRARI is Associate Professor of Classics at theUniversity of California,Berkeley,and the author of Listening to eh Cicadas:A Study of Plato''s Phaedms. TOM GRIFFITH has also translated Plato''s Symposium,Euthyphro,Apology,Crito,Phacdo,and Phacdmis.