"Baracchi has identified pivotal points around which the
Republic operates; this allows a reading of the entire text to
unfold.... a very beautifully written book." Walter Brogan
..". a work that opens new and timely vistas within the
Republic.... Her approach... is thorough and rigorous." John
Sallis
Although Plato s Republic is perhaps the most influential text
in the history of Western philosophy, Claudia Baracchi finds that
the work remains obscure and enigmatic. To fully understand and
appreciate its meaning, she argues, we must attend to what its
original language discloses. Through a close reading of the Greek
text, attentive to the pervasiveness of story and myth, Baracchi
investigates the dialogue s major themes. The first part of the
book addresses issues of generation, reproduction, and decay as
they apply to the founding of Socrates just city. The second part
takes up the connection between war and the cycle of life,
employing a thorough analysis of Plato s rendition of the myth of
Er. Baracchi shows that the Republic is concerned throughout with
the complex but intertwined issues of life and war, locating the
site of this tangled web of growth and destruction in the mythical
dimension of the Platonic city."
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