Plato's Republic (Books VIII and IX): A Conversation with Marcus Gibson
New Books in Ancient History
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How to Separate Plato From Socrates in the Republic
In rereading the Republic, I found that it was at times difficult to keep track of who is saying what. Is this Adamantis? Is this Glaucon? Is this Socrates? And it all sort of fades away into one person. Yes. How do we separate Plato from Socrates? Can we, should we want to? That is a feature of the Greek too.
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