georgea_1234 's review for:

Plato's Republic by David Roochnik

5.0

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A very interesting series of lectures which I read alongside The Republic. Roochnik provides a good breakdown of the historical context with which the dialogues are written, providing insight into the cast of people taking part. He breaks down The Republic into the 10 books that make up the text and provides great insight into the arguments that Plato is engaging in that might not be obvious to the reader. He does well taking the layperson through the arguments and engages in some translation to those parts that don't necessarily seem obvious. A great accompaniment to the text.