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Cliffs Notes on Plato's The Republic
-- Offers a traditional CliffNotes "TM" treatment of a literary novel, with updated and new content.
-- Includes Life and Background of the Author, Introduction to the Novel, A Brief Synopsis, List of Characters, Critical Commentaries, Glossaries, Character Analyses, and Critical Essays.
-- Enhanced by collaboration with Webster's New World "TM" College Dictionary, which provides authoritative glossary definitions.
-- Provides a Character Map, a one-page spread that graphically illustrates the relationships between characters.
-- Supplemented by CliffNotes "TM" Review, which reinforces learning with fun and practical activities, and CliffNotes "TM" Resource Center, which provides the reader with additional resources for further study.
-- Contains reader-friendly icons for theme, literary device, style & language, and character insight.
-- Includes a comprehensive Index.
-- Includes Life and Background of the Author, Introduction to the Novel, A Brief Synopsis, List of Characters, Critical Commentaries, Glossaries, Character Analyses, and Critical Essays.
-- Enhanced by collaboration with Webster's New World "TM" College Dictionary, which provides authoritative glossary definitions.
-- Provides a Character Map, a one-page spread that graphically illustrates the relationships between characters.
-- Supplemented by CliffNotes "TM" Review, which reinforces learning with fun and practical activities, and CliffNotes "TM" Resource Center, which provides the reader with additional resources for further study.
-- Contains reader-friendly icons for theme, literary device, style & language, and character insight.
-- Includes a comprehensive Index.
77 pages, paper
First published November 20, 1963
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August 9, 2016
Trying to get into the Cliff's Notes habit since I plan to read a lot of classics this year. This one was not particularly useful. Not much hope down the line either. But good to do a after-the-day refresher sort of thing. Painstakingly unoriginal in approach. Must have been tedious writing this one.
August 18, 2023
Plato's The Republic is in our course under the subject 'Literary Criticism'. I was having issues understanding Plato's Republic, especially I was unable to understand the famous allegory, known as the Allegory of the Cave. However, this book helps me to understand such abstract concepts that Plato presented.
Note - my exams are starting next month, pray for me. I hope I'll perform better.
Note - my exams are starting next month, pray for me. I hope I'll perform better.
February 15, 2026
Trying to get another view on this book.
Far softer on Plato than I am. I still think he’s a dystopian monster.
His thoughts on democracies weakness are interesting. Tyrants, and demagogues yup.
That Justice is good. However dumpster fire poorly his argument for it is made.
Education is good! Sure. But he was saying only for the elites and still supporting eugenics. Monster.
Far softer on Plato than I am. I still think he’s a dystopian monster.
His thoughts on democracies weakness are interesting. Tyrants, and demagogues yup.
That Justice is good. However dumpster fire poorly his argument for it is made.
Education is good! Sure. But he was saying only for the elites and still supporting eugenics. Monster.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews