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Book SynopsisThis edition offers a full and up-to-date commentary on the last book of the Republic, and explores in particular detail the two main subjects of the book: Plato's most famous and uncompromising condemnation of poetry and art, as vehicles of falsehood and purveyors of dangerous emotions, and the Myth of Er, which concludes the whole work with ...
Table of ContentsPreface Notes to 2005 reprint Introduction 1.1 The Platonic approach to poety 1.2 Art and reality 1.3 Art and the mind 1.4 The Platonic legacy to Aesthetics 2.1 The myth of Er 2.2 Astronomy and religion 2.3 Reincarnation and destiny Note on the text Text and translation Commentary Appendix: The relative date of Republic X Index
