This is the first edition of Plato's Republic to be based on an exhaustive examination of all the textual evidence - manuscripts, including papyri; quotations and allusions in ancient authors; translations into Coptic, Arabic and Hebrew. The three primary manuscripts have been examined with particular care. Many new readings have been introduced in the text and a critical apparatus gives details for all relevant textual evidence.

The first edition of Plato's Republic to be based on examination of all the evidence.
Many new readings have been introduced in the Greek text
A valuable new resource for all scholars and students of Greek philosophy