The New "Republic".

Authors :: Richards, I. A.
Source :: Nation; 3/28/1942, Vol. 154 Issue 13, p370-372, 3p
Publication Year :: 1942
Abstract: This article presents an introduction to a new version of the book "The Republic" of Plato founded on Basic English which has been prepared by I. A. Richards and will be published on April 6, 1942 by W. W. Norton & Company. "The Republic," as it stands in the English versions of the best scholars, is ineffective today for the very reasons which have made it effective in Plato's Greek. A version of "The Republic" for the general reader interested in these things they be more faithful to Plato by restricting its rendering of other things which Plato is caring for.