"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." The Republic, a pioneering work of political philosophy, is a dialogue that does not feature Plato directly as at the heart is Socrates - his teacher. Even though the conversations between Socrates and Athenians as well as foreigners take place thousands of years ago, the questions Plato addresses in the volume are far from archaic. Should men and women have equal...

Illustrated lining-papers."Thomas Mann has selected the essence of Schopenhauer's thought from The world as will and idea.""Translation of the introductory essay by Mrs. H. T. Lowe-Porter. The selections are from the translation by R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp.""First edition." "The works of Arthur Schopenhauer": p. [32].