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Title: Socrates' Second Sailing: On Plato's Republic by Seth Benardete ISBN: 0-226-04244-8 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: December, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Not clear but worthwhile
Comment: As the other reviewer indicated, this is not a simple commentary. On the other hand, however, Plato's dialogue is not as simple as he suggests, either: The Republic is subtle, engaging, and requiring of careful attention and reading. Benardete's book is difficult to work through, but it is worth the effort. Though much of it will be unclear to you, every once in a while you will catch something of great import in the text. It is helpful to read this after you read the relevant sections of the dialogue, but with the dialogue alongside. Benardete's textual references are sometimes unclear, and having Plato's text in front of you is immensely helpful. This is not the most helpful commentary on the text-Bloom's interpretative essay probably is--but it is one that helps you get to the next level of Platonic philosophy.
Rating: 1
Summary: For specialists only
Comment: Whereas Plato wrote in a very clear style, Benardete does not. I'm reading the Republic for the first time and this commentary is obviously meant for specialists who have read all the dialogues of Plato and all of Greek philosophy, and can then make subtle analyses of it all through a cryptic reading of the Republic. Some great scholars have written clear commentaries on the Republic though: Annas, White, Bloom (as an appendix to his translation).
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Title: The Argument of the Action: Essays on Greek Poetry and Philosophy by Seth Benardete, Ronna Burger, Michael Davis ISBN: 0226042510 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.00 |
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Title: Leo Strauss on Plato's Symposium by Leo Strauss, Seth Benardete ISBN: 0226776867 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Herodotean Inquiries by Seth Benardete ISBN: 1890318329 Publisher: Saint Augustine's Pr Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Plato's Theaetetus (Being of the Beautiful, Part I) by Plato, Seth Bernardete, Seth Benardete ISBN: 0226670317 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Plato's Sophist (Being of the Beautiful, Part II) by Plato, Seth Bernardete, Seth Benardete ISBN: 0226670325 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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