THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO 1942 First Edition L.A. Richards Hardcover With Dust...

This book was printed in 1942 by W W Norton & Company. It is their first edition, fourth printing of this classic work on philosophy. It is a new version founded on basic English by I.A. Richards. The dust jacket is missing a piece on the front cover, and the bottom of the inside flap has been clipped. The dust jacket is in a BroadArt wrapper for protection. The book is slightly cocked and the pages' top edge shows light foxing. The front end page has writing in pencil.

Plato's Republic was one of the first works I read in college as a philosophy major. It was authored by Plato around 375 BC. The work discusses justice, such as the nature of a just city-state and the just man. Socrates received much criticism for teaching his rabbelrousing philosophies. He was eventually executed by the Athenian government for impiety and corrupting the youth.  The Republic became Plato's best-known work and one of the world's most influential works of philosophy, which is why it is often one of the first works taught in college.