Review on Plato's Republic: Penguin Classics by Tim Beardsley

Written over 2,300 years ago, this cornerstone of political philosophy retains an amazing level of relevance and relevance to the modern world. The prose takes the form of a friendly dispute (with occasional humorous shifts to antagonism as Thrasymachus takes offense several times) between four or five men, ostensibly to establish the nature of justice. Well, in addition to discussing justice, Plato goes on to describe his ideal state, as well as a fairly comprehensive analysis of the various forms of government known to the ancient Greeks: Spartan timarchy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny. I found these sections of the work clear and instructive. In addition, Plato lays the foundation for his philosophy of "forms", which is substantiated in some of his later writings. This part becomes difficult and sometimes incomprehensible; I looked at some of them. There are certain assumptions that Socrates (the main mouthpiece in The Republic) makes that I believe were taken for granted by the ancient Greeks, such as that the weather was considered a whim of the gods or meaning of animal sacrifices. These assumptions are used to support some logical arguments and a conclusion which of course doesn't hold up today. the world was in his head.