{"product_id":"book-bgr5","title":"The Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the key works of world philosophy, Plato’s \u003ci\u003eThe Republic\u003c\/i\u003e sets out to consider the principles behind an ideal city state. This is the first audio recording of Plato’s great classic in a new translation by the Greek scholar Tom Griffith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new translation by Tom Griffith was prepared for Cambridge University Press. “I started translating because I found that when I was teaching, and read from existing translations, I could see the interest fade from my pupils’ eyes,” explained Griffith. “But I know this can capture the imagination and thoughts of young people, and so I started translating passages in language which was as contemporary as the original would have been in the fifth century BC.” \u003ci\u003eThe Republic\u003c\/i\u003e is one of a number of Griffith’s translations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo sooner had narrator Bruce Alexander left the studio after recording \u003ci\u003eThomas Hardy \u003c\/i\u003ethan he was back at his Oxfordshire home studying hard, preparing for Plato’s \u003ci\u003eThe Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. He said, “There couldn’t have been a greater contrast—the deeply emotional Hardy and the rationalist character of Socrates.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49388467061040,"sku":"BDbgr5","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/277762-bgr5-Square.jpg?v=1735221205","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bgr5","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}