On Plato's Republic: The 1988 Lecture Notes - Paperback

by David Bolotin (Author), Paul Diduch (Editor), Alex Priou (Editor)

This volume presents the lecture notes from David Bolotin's celebrated 1988 University of Chicago seminar on Plato's Republic. A distinguished teacher, translator, and scholar, Bolotin offers a masterclass in teaching Plato. These course notes, revered by serious students of political philosophy, contain important insights into the Republic that ought to shape subsequent scholarship on the dialogue. They are published here for the first time in a definitive edition, accompanied by an introduction by the editors, Paul Diduch and Alex Priou, and a preface by Peter J. Hansen, a participant in the original seminar.

Back Jacket

Paul Diduch is Teaching Associate Professor in the Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society and is Faculty Director of Engineering Leadership.His research focuses on ancient philosophy, as well as the history and philosophy of science and technology. He is currently editing a volume titled Science After the Socratic Turn.

Alex Priou is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Austin. He is the author of Becoming Socrates: Political Philosophy in Plato's Parmenides (2018), Defending Socrates: Political Philosophy Before the Tribunal of Science (2023), and Musings on Plato's Symposium (2023). He has also published widely on the history of political philosophy.

Author Biography

David Bolotin is a retired tutor from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the author of Plato's Dialogue on Friendship and An Approach to Aristotle's Physics, as well as a number of articles on ancient Greek thought. He is also the translator of Aristotle's De Anima (On Soul), Aristotle's Parva Naturalia (with On the Motion of Animals), and Aristotle's On the Generation of Animals.