Plato is perhaps the most significant philosopher who has ever lived and The Republic, composed in Athens in about 375BC, is widely regarded as his most famous dialogue. Its discussion of the perfect city - and the perfect mind - laid the foundations for Western culture and, for over two thousand years, has been the cornerstone of Western philosophy. In this book, Simon Blackburn explains the judicial, moral and political ideas in the Republic and examines its influence on the modern world. He shows why, from St Augustine to twentieth-century philosophers such as Whitehead and Bergson, Western thought is still conditioned by this most important of books.
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This textbook is based on the latest syllabus prescribed by the CBSE. The text has been divided into two volumes. Volume 1 Consists of chapters 1-21 and Volume 2 Consists of chapters 22-23 for ease of handling. Illustrative examples and exercises are given at the end of every section in each Chapter at the end of the each Chapter exercises consisting of MCQs, Fill in the blanks, very Short Answer Type questions and activities have been given. Summary for quick revision concepts and formulae have also been given. Ncert problems in the exercises have been solved in the section "hints to NCERT & selected problems".