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Plato's 'Republic' Still Influential, Author Says

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From: NPR Talk of the Nation
Date: 20070808
Author:NEAL CONAN

NEAL CONAN
NPR Talk of the Nation
08-08-2007
Plato's 'Republic' Still Influential, Author Says

Host: NEAL CONAN
Time 15:00-16:00 PM

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NEAL CONAN, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.

British philosopher Simon Blackburn probably captured the feelings shared by a lot of readers who struggled through Plato's "Republic," when he admitted: I've never found Plato to be a particularly congenial author. And former students will be pleased to hear that part of Blackburn's problem is that he finds it so hard to figure out what Plato really means. Nevertheless, the ...

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