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Full Idea
The 'Republic' is the greatest single achievement of ancient rhetorical theory.
Gist of Idea
The 'Republic' is a great work of rhetorical theory
Source
comment on Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE]) by Hugh Lawson-Tancred - Plato's Republic and Greek Enlightenment Ch.9
Book Ref
Lawson-Tancred,Hugh: 'Plato's Republic and Greek Enlightenment' [Bristol Classical Press 1998], p.79
A Reaction
A lovely inversion of our normal reading of Plato! Is the real aim of philosophy the making of good speeches? Is the great aim to display the true beauty of the human mind, as the Olympics display the beauty of the body?