The Republic of Plato

Allan Bloom, Adam Kirsch, Adam Kirsch , Allan Bloom

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English

Basic Books
22 November 2016

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory

The best available English translation.... [It] compels intelligent readers to come to grips with what Plato actually wrote.' , American Political Science Review

By: Allan Bloom, Adam Kirsch
Edited by: Adam Kirsch, Allan Bloom
Translated by: Adam Kirsch
Imprint: Basic Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9780465094080
ISBN 10: 0465094082
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 22 November 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Allan Bloom, 1930-1992, was a professor of social thought at the University of Chicago. He was the author of many books, including the number one bestseller The Closing of the American Mind.Adam Kirsch is a poet and critic whose work appears regularly in the New York Review of Books, New Yorker, Tablet, and other publications. The author of three books of poems and several books of criticism and biography, Kirsch lives in New York City.

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The best available English translation....It compels intelligent readers to come to grips with what Plato actually wrote.--American Political Science Review