6/23/2023 0 Comments Plato's Republic by Plato![]() It is also one of the great longstanding puzzles in the interpretation of the Republic: there is no scholarly consensus as to why Plato chose to the end his most important work of political theory in this strange way. The Myth of Er is a myth about the afterlife, and it describes in great detail the journeys that await souls there. Nowhere in the Republic is this tension more pronounced, and the effect more jarring, than in its famously enigmatic conclusion, the Myth of Er. Plato was, on top of being a philosopher, a master prose stylist who paid great attention to the literary construction of his dialogues. Yet despite its canonical status and familiarity, the Republic is not always a straightforward text. It is safe to say almost all political theorists – if not most political scientists – have had to study it over the course of their education and training. ![]() As Plato’s most celebrated work of political theory, it is usually the first text taught in introductory surveys of the history of political thought. In many of the standard narratives that political theory tells about its history and origins, Plato’s Republic stands out as a kind of foundation text of the discipline itself. ![]()
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