{"product_id":"sale-proclus-commentary-on-platos-republic-volume-1","title":"SALE Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Republic Volume 1","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is unused and unread. It has some cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing and minor creasing. It's stamped 'damaged' to the title page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo further discounts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe commentary on Plato's Republic by Proclus (d. 485 CE), which takes the form of a series of essays, is the only sustained treatment of the dialogue to survive from antiquity. This three-volume edition presents the first complete English translation of Proclus' text, together with a general introduction that argues for the unity of Proclus' Commentary and orients the reader to the use that the Neoplatonists made of Plato's Republic in their educational program. Each volume is completed by a Greek word index and an English-Greek glossary that will help non-specialists to track the occurrence of key terms throughout the translated text. The first volume of the edition presents Proclus' essays on the point and purpose of Plato's dialogue, the arguments against Thrasymachus in Book I, the rules for correct poetic depictions of the divine, a series of problems about the status of poetry across all Plato's works, and finally an essay arguing for the fundamental agreement of Plato's philosophy with the divine wisdom of Homer which is, in Proclus' view, allegorically communicated through his poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe only sustained treatment of Plato's Republic to survive from antiquity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is its first complete translation into English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis book is fully annotated with a helpful introduction, glossary and index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56645488640386,"sku":"9781107154698","price":38.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/2031\/7597\/files\/9781107154698i.jpg?v=1778659685","url":"https:\/\/www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk\/products\/sale-proclus-commentary-on-platos-republic-volume-1","provider":"Cambridge University Press Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}