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Lectures on the Republic of Plato
Examination of Some Representative Opinions about Justice Statement of the Problem of the 'Republic' The Main Elements of the Society and of Human Nature Indicated Education of Rulers in Early Life Principles of Government in the Ideal State Statement of the Principle of Justice Communism and Digression on Usages of War Philosophy and the State The Good as the Supreme Object of Knowledge The Four Stages of Intelligence Education in Science and Philosophy Successive Stages of Decline of Society and of the Soul Comparison of the Just and the Unjust Life Digression On Poetry The Future Life of the Soul
- GenresPhilosophy
376 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1901
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Richard Lewis Nettleship
37 books4 followersRichard Lewis Nettleship (17 December 1846 – 25 August 1892) was an English philosopher.
The youngest brother of Henry Nettleship, he was educated at Uppingham and Balliol College, Oxford, where he held a scholarship. He won the Hertford scholarship, the Ireland, the Gaisford Prize for Greek verse, a Craven scholarship and the Arnold prize, but took only a second class in Literae Humaniores.
Nettleship became fellow and tutor of his college and succeeded to the work of T. H. Green, whose writings he edited with a memoir. He was fond of music and outdoor sports, and rowed in his college boat. He died on 25 August 1892, from the effects of exposure on Mont Blanc, and was buried at Chamonix.
The youngest brother of Henry Nettleship, he was educated at Uppingham and Balliol College, Oxford, where he held a scholarship. He won the Hertford scholarship, the Ireland, the Gaisford Prize for Greek verse, a Craven scholarship and the Arnold prize, but took only a second class in Literae Humaniores.
Nettleship became fellow and tutor of his college and succeeded to the work of T. H. Green, whose writings he edited with a memoir. He was fond of music and outdoor sports, and rowed in his college boat. He died on 25 August 1892, from the effects of exposure on Mont Blanc, and was buried at Chamonix.
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February 3, 2019
Technically, this is volume 2 of Nettleship's collected works. It's fitting though that this edition is simply titled “Lectures on Plato's Republic” because that is all that this volume consists of. Volume 1 of Nettleship's works consisted of discourses on a number of Plato's dialogues and some original philosophical works of the author. This one is dedicated to Plato and the Republic exclusively.
This functions as a very good commentary on Plato's Republic. The discourses in this book were originally lectures delivered at Balliol college. Apparently, much of it was taken from the author's own notes and some from students that attended them. It doesn't read as a typical lecture, however; it reads like a commentary.
I can't say that there was much here that I disagreed with. But there isn't much that I feel inclined to spend any time commenting on either. I can only say that I do recommend it for anyone who is interested in a commentary on the Republic. Nettleship supplies key Greek terms that Plato uses and he breaks down their meaning and use in this dialogue and occasionally their use in others. Nettleship, like many other Platonic scholars of the 19th and 20th centuries, will use the Greek terms with no attempt at transliteration. I would strongly advise anyone with an interest in Greek philosophy to have a working knowledge of technical Greek terms. Along with that, one should be acquainted well enough with the Greek alphabet to be able to read the language. It's pretty much essential if one is to read books like this where important terms are discussed and introduced with no transliteration.
This functions as a very good commentary on Plato's Republic. The discourses in this book were originally lectures delivered at Balliol college. Apparently, much of it was taken from the author's own notes and some from students that attended them. It doesn't read as a typical lecture, however; it reads like a commentary.
I can't say that there was much here that I disagreed with. But there isn't much that I feel inclined to spend any time commenting on either. I can only say that I do recommend it for anyone who is interested in a commentary on the Republic. Nettleship supplies key Greek terms that Plato uses and he breaks down their meaning and use in this dialogue and occasionally their use in others. Nettleship, like many other Platonic scholars of the 19th and 20th centuries, will use the Greek terms with no attempt at transliteration. I would strongly advise anyone with an interest in Greek philosophy to have a working knowledge of technical Greek terms. Along with that, one should be acquainted well enough with the Greek alphabet to be able to read the language. It's pretty much essential if one is to read books like this where important terms are discussed and introduced with no transliteration.
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