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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Republic Of Plato by Edited by James Adam
James Adam 1860-1907 was a Scottish classics scholar who taught at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A strong defender of the importance of Greek philosophy in a well-rounded education, Adam published a number of Platos works including Protagoras and Crito. This two-volume critical edition of the Republic 1902 was another major contribution to the field. Though his preface claims an editor cannot pretend to have exhausted its significance by means of a commentary, Adams depth of knowledge and erudite analysis of the Greek text ensured that his edition remained the standard reference for decades to follow, and it remains a thought-provoking evaluation of one of the great works of Western thought. Volume 1 is devoted to Books 1-5, which discuss justice and the ideal society.show more