Plato's Republic Annotated Bibliography

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Brown, Eric, "Plato's Ethics and Politics in The Republic", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = (-- removed HTML --) .
In his academic article, author Eric Brown emphasizes that a detailed account of ethics and politics in the Republic requires an initial understanding of the specific questions Socrates faces and the strategy in which he uses to respond to them. Brown makes it clear that the politics within the Republic is based on a moral psychology.

Cairns, Douglas L., Fritz-Gregor Herrmann, and Terry Penner. 2007. Pursuing the good. [electronic resource] : ethics and metaphysics in Plato's Republic. n.p.: Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
Douglas L. Cairns questions whether or not Plato’s Republic seeks to explain what is good for individual humans, or rather, on some quasi-moral good. Moreover, Cairns discusses the very Form of the Good, although he admits this pursuit is beyond recent studies in the field. …show more content…

"Waiting for Grace: Philosophy and Politics in Plato's Republic.
(English)." Canadian Journal Of Political Science 21, no. 1 (March 1988):
57.
In his journal article, author Christian William opposes the traditional consensus that Plato’s Republic reflected a serious proposal for political rule. William emphasizes Plato’s alleged rejection of the political life and argues that the main focus of the Republic was to exemplify how the soul could strive for the Good, with the acknowledgement that the human condition necessitated the social life.

Cooper, Laurence D. "Beyond the tripartite soul: the dynamic psychology of the Republic." Review Of Politics 63, no. 2 (April 15, 2001): 341-372. Social Sciences

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