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William H. F. Altman, "Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic" (Lexington, 2012)

New Books in Intellectual History

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Why the Republic Is Central to Plato’s Teaching

Joseph asks about the Republic and Altman explains the allegory of the cave, the imperative to 'go back down,' and the book's crisis frame.

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