In this section-by-section commentary, Benardete argues that Plato's
Republic is a holistic analysis of the beautiful, the good, and the just. This book provides a fresh interpretation of the
Republic and a new understanding of philosophy as practiced by Plato and Socrates.
"Cryptic allusions, startling paradoxes, new questions . . . all work to give brilliant new insights into the Platonic text."-Arlene W. Saxonhouse,
Political Theory