{"title":"Political Science - Utopias","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-republic-gb-150","title":"The Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of\r\nthe Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them.  There are nearer\r\napproaches to modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist;\r\nthe Politicus or Statesman is more ideal; the form and institutions of\r\nthe State are more clearly drawn out in the Laws; as works of art, the\r\nSymposium and the Protagoras are of higher excellence.  But no other\r\nDialogue of Plato has the same largeness of view and the same\r\nperfection of style; no other shows an equal knowledge of the world, or\r\ncontains more of those thoughts which are new as well as old, and not\r\nof one age only but of all.  Nowhere in Plato is there a deeper irony\r\nor a greater wealth of humor or imagery, or more dramatic power.  Nor\r\nin any other of his writings is the attempt made to interweave life and\r\nspeculation, or to connect politics with philosophy.  The Republic is\r\nthe centre around which the other Dialogues may be grouped; here\r\nphilosophy reaches the highest point to which ancient thinkers ever\r\nattained.  Plato among the Greeks, like Bacon among the moderns, was\r\nthe first who conceived a method of knowledge, although neither of them\r\nalways distinguished the bare outline or form from the substance of\r\ntruth; and both of them had to be content with an abstraction of\r\nscience which was not yet realized.  He was the greatest metaphysical\r\ngenius whom the world has seen; and in him, more than in any other\r\nancient thinker, the germs of future knowledge are contained.  The\r\nsciences of logic and psychology, which have supplied so many\r\ninstruments of thought to after-ages, are based upon the analyses of\r\nSocrates and Plato.  The principles of definition, the law of\r\ncontradiction, the fallacy of arguing in a circle, the distinction\r\nbetween the essence and accidents of a thing or notion, between means\r\nand ends, between causes and conditions; also the division of the mind\r\ninto the rational, concupiscent, and irascible elements, or of\r\npleasures and desires into necessary and unnecessarythese and other\r\ngreat forms of thought are all of them to be found in the Republic, and\r\nwere probably first invented by Plato.  The greatest of all logical\r\ntruths, and the one of which writers on philosophy are most apt to lose\r\nsight, the difference between words and things, has been most\r\nstrenuously insisted on by him, although he has not always avoided the\r\nconfusion of them in his own writings.  But he does not bind up truth\r\nin logical formulae,logic is still veiled in metaphysics; and the\r\nscience which he imagines to \"contemplate all truth and all existence\"\r\nis very unlike the doctrine of the syllogism which Aristotle claims to\r\nhave discovered.\nNeither must we forget that the Republic is but the third part of a\r\nstill larger design which was to have included an ideal history of\r\nAthens, as well as a political and physical philosophy.  The fragment\r\nof the Critias has given birth to a world-famous fiction, second only\r\nin importance to the tale of Troy and the legend of Arthur; and is said\r\nas a fact to have inspired some of the early navigators of the\r\nsixteenth century.  This mythical tale, of which the subject was a\r\nhistory of the wars of the Athenians against the Island of Atlantis, is\r\nsupposed to be founded upon an unfinished poem of Solon, to which it\r\nwould have stood in the same relation as the writings of the\r\nlogographers to the poems of Homer.  It would have told of a struggle\r\nfor Liberty, intended to represent the conflict of Persia and Hellas.\r\nWe may judge from the noble commencement of the Timaeus, from the\r\nfragment of the Critias itself, and from the third book of the Laws, in\r\nwhat manner Plato would have treated this high argument.  We can only\r\nguess why the great design was abandoned; perhaps because Plato became\r\nsensible of some incongruity in a fictitious history, or because he had\r\nlost his interest in it, or because advancing years forbade the\r\ncompletion of it; and we may please ourselves with the fancy that had\r\nthis imaginary narrative ever been finished, we should have found Plato\r\nhimself sympathizing with the struggle for Hellenic independence,\r\nsinging a hymn of triumph over Marathon and Salamis, perhaps making the\r\nreflection of Herodotus where he contemplates the growth of the\r\nAthenian empire\"How brave a thing is freedom of speech, which has\r\nmade the Athenians so far exceed every other state of Hellas in\r\ngreatness!\" or, more probably, attributing the victory to the ancient\r\ngood order of Athens and to the favor of Apollo and Athene.\nAgain, Plato may be regarded as the \"captain\" ('arhchegoz') or leader\r\nof a goodly band of followers; for in the Republic is to be found the\r\noriginal of Cicero's De Republica, of St. Augustine's City of God, of\r\nthe Utopia of Sir Thomas More, and of the numerous other imaginary\r\nStates which are framed upon the same model.  The extent to which\r\nAristotle or the Aristotelian school were indebted to him in the\r\nPolitics has been little recognized, and the recognition is the more\r\nnecessary because it is not made by Aristotle himself.  The two\r\nphilosophers had more in common than they were conscious of; and\r\nprobably some elements of Plato remain still undetected in Aristotle.\r\nIn English philosophy too, many affinities may be traced, not only in\r\nthe works of the Cambridge Platonists, but in great original writers\r\nlike Berkeley or Coleridge, to Plato and his ideas.  That there is a\r\ntruth higher than experience, of which the mind bears witness to\r\nherself, is a conviction which in our own generation has been\r\nenthusiastically asserted, and is perhaps gaining ground.  Of the Greek\r\nauthors who at the Renaissance brought a new life into the world Plato\r\nhas had the greatest influence.  The Republic of Plato is also the\r\nfirst treatise upon education, of which the writings of Milton and\r\nLocke, Rousseau, Jean Paul, and Goethe are the legitimate descendants.\r\nLike Dante or Bunyan, he has a revelation of another life; like Bacon,\r\nhe is profoundly impressed with the unity of knowledge; in the early\r\nChurch he exercised a real influence on theology, and at the Revival of\r\nLiterature on politics.  Even the fragments of his words when \"repeated\r\nat second-hand\" have in all ages ravished the hearts of men, who have\r\nseen reflected in them their own higher nature.  He is the father of\r\nidealism in philosophy, in politics, in literature.  And many of the\r\nlatest conceptions of modern thinkers and statesmen, such as the unity\r\nof knowledge, the reign of law, and the equality of the sexes, have\r\nbeen anticipated in a dream by him.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 150 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Plato, 427? BCE-347? BCE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jul 1, 1994 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Plato, 427? BCE-347? 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But no other Dialogue of Plato has the\r\nsame largeness of view and the same perfection of style; no other shows an\r\nequal knowledge of the world, or contains more of those thoughts which are new\r\nas well as old, and not of one age only but of all. Nowhere in Plato is there a\r\ndeeper irony or a greater wealth of humour or imagery, or more dramatic power.\r\nNor in any other of his writings is the attempt made to interweave life and\r\nspeculation, or to connect politics with philosophy. The Republic is the centre\r\naround which the other Dialogues may be grouped; here philosophy reaches the\r\nhighest point (cp, especially in Books V, VI, VII) to which ancient thinkers\r\never attained. Plato among the Greeks, like Bacon among the moderns, was the\r\nfirst who conceived a method of knowledge, although neither of them always\r\ndistinguished the bare outline or form from the substance of truth; and both of\r\nthem had to be content with an abstraction of science which was not yet\r\nrealized. He was the greatest metaphysical genius whom the world has seen; and\r\nin him, more than in any other ancient thinker, the germs of future knowledge\r\nare contained. The sciences of logic and psychology, which have supplied so\r\nmany instruments of thought to after-ages, are based upon the analyses of\r\nSocrates and Plato. The principles of definition, the law of contradiction, the\r\nfallacy of arguing in a circle, the distinction between the essence and\r\naccidents of a thing or notion, between means and ends, between causes and\r\nconditions; also the division of the mind into the rational, concupiscent, and\r\nirascible elements, or of pleasures and desires into necessary and\r\nunnecessarythese and other great forms of thought are all of them to be\r\nfound in the Republic, and were probably first invented by Plato. The greatest\r\nof all logical truths, and the one of which writers on philosophy are most apt\r\nto lose sight, the difference between words and things, has been most\r\nstrenuously insisted on by him (cp. Rep.; Polit.; Cratyl. 435, 436 ff),\r\nalthough he has not always avoided the confusion of them in his own writings\r\n(e.g. Rep.). But he does not bind up truth in logical formulae,logic is\r\nstill veiled in metaphysics; and the science which he imagines to\r\ncontemplate all truth and all existence is very unlike the\r\ndoctrine of the syllogism which Aristotle claims to have discovered (Soph.\r\nElenchi, 33. 18).\r\n\n\r\nNeither must we forget that the Republic is but the third part of a still\r\nlarger design which was to have included an ideal history of Athens, as well as\r\na political and physical philosophy. The fragment of the Critias has given\r\nbirth to a world-famous fiction, second only in importance to the tale of Troy\r\nand the legend of Arthur; and is said as a fact to have inspired some of the\r\nearly navigators of the sixteenth century. This mythical tale, of which the\r\nsubject was a history of the wars of the Athenians against the Island of\r\nAtlantis, is supposed to be founded upon an unfinished poem of Solon, to which\r\nit would have stood in the same relation as the writings of the logographers to\r\nthe poems of Homer. It would have told of a struggle for Liberty (cp. Tim. 25\r\nC), intended to represent the conflict of Persia and Hellas. We may judge from\r\nthe noble commencement of the Timaeus, from the fragment of the Critias itself,\r\nand from the third book of the Laws, in what manner Plato would have treated\r\nthis high argument. We can only guess why the great design was abandoned;\r\nperhaps because Plato became sensible of some incongruity in a fictitious\r\nhistory, or because he had lost his interest in it, or because advancing years\r\nforbade the completion of it; and we may please ourselves with the fancy that\r\nhad this imaginary narrative ever been finished, we should have found Plato\r\nhimself sympathising with the struggle for Hellenic independence (cp. Laws,\r\niii. 698 ff.), singing a hymn of triumph over Marathon and Salamis, perhaps\r\nmaking the reflection of Herodotus (v. 78) where he contemplates the growth of\r\nthe Athenian empireHow brave a thing is freedom of speech, which\r\nhas made the Athenians so far exceed every other state of Hellas in\r\ngreatness! or, more probably, attributing the victory to the ancient\r\ngood order of Athens and to the favor of Apollo and Athene (cp. Introd. to\r\nCritias).\r\n\n\r\nAgain, Plato may be regarded as the captain\r\n(arhchegoz) or leader of a goodly band of followers; for in the\r\nRepublic is to be found the original of Ciceros De Republica, of St.\r\nAugustines City of God, of the Utopia of Sir Thomas More, and of the\r\nnumerous other imaginary States which are framed upon the same model. The\r\nextent to which Aristotle or the Aristotelian school were indebted to him in\r\nthe Politics has been little recognised, and the recognition is the more\r\nnecessary because it is not made by Aristotle himself. The two philosophers had\r\nmore in common than they were conscious of; and probably some elements of Plato\r\nremain still undetected in Aristotle. In English philosophy too, many\r\naffinities may be traced, not only in the works of the Cambridge Platonists,\r\nbut in great original writers like Berkeley or Coleridge, to Plato and his\r\nideas. That there is a truth higher than experience, of which the mind bears\r\nwitness to herself, is a conviction which in our own generation has been\r\nenthusiastically asserted, and is perhaps gaining ground. Of the Greek authors\r\nwho at the Renaissance brought a new life into the world Plato has had the\r\ngreatest influence. The Republic of Plato is also the first treatise upon\r\neducation, of which the writings of Milton and Locke, Rousseau, Jean Paul, and\r\nGoethe are the legitimate descendants. Like Dante or Bunyan, he has a\r\nrevelation of another life; like Bacon, he is profoundly impressed with the\r\nunity of knowledge; in the early Church he exercised a real influence on\r\ntheology, and at the Revival of Literature on politics. Even the fragments of\r\nhis words when repeated at second-hand (Symp. 215 D) have in all\r\nages ravished the hearts of men, who have seen reflected in them their own\r\nhigher nature. He is the father of idealism in philosophy, in politics, in\r\nliterature. And many of the latest conceptions of modern thinkers and\r\nstatesmen, such as the unity of knowledge, the reign of law, and the equality\r\nof the sexes, have been anticipated in a dream by him.\r\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 1497 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Plato, 427? BCE-347? 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Footnotes have\r\nbeen converted to endnotes. \/\/ :      \r\n  .         . \r\n        .\n\n\r\n            \r\n          \r\n ,      ,     \r\n:    ,   ,    \r\n       .\n            \r\n ,           \r\n           ,  \r\n          ,    \r\n      ,    .  \r\n,           \r\n ,        '\r\n        ,      \r\n     .       \r\n  '    ,    \r\n     ,     ,  \r\n,             \r\n   .\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 39476 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Plato, 427? BCE-347? 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Footnotes\r\nhave\r\nbeen converted to endnotes. \/\/ :      \r\n  .        \r\n. \r\n        .\n   ,    ,   ,\r\n ,   ,        \r\n      ,       \r\n             \r\n  .          \r\n .\n ,      ,    \r\n ,           \r\n;         ,    \r\n  ;  ,   ,   .   ;  \r\n    ,     ,  \r\n      ,       ; \r\n.     ,  ,   \r\n            \r\n      ,  ,    ,\r\n    ,      ,  \r\n   .   .    \r\n     ,      \n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 39493 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Plato, 427? BCE-347? 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Footnotes have\r\nbeen converted to endnotes. \/\/ :      \r\n  .         .\r\n         .\n\n\r\n    ,  ,    ,\r\n     ,      ,   ,\r\n   ,           \r\n,            \r\n      ,  .  \r\n      ,   \r\n     ,   ,   '\r\n         ^    ,\r\n          .  \r\n ,          \r\n,   ^ '  ,   , \r\n       ,      \r\n        ,    ' \r\n,            \r\n.      ,       '\r\n,  ,  ,     \r\n,        .\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 39530 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Plato, 427? BCE-347? BCE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Apr 24, 2012 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: Greek \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Grypares, I. N. (Ioannes N.), 1870-1942 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Plato, 427? BCE-347? BCE \/ eBook \/ Greek","offer_id":43220853751965,"sku":"gb-39530-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/39530.jpg?v=1671562056"},{"product_id":"the-republic-of-plato-gb-55201","title":"The Republic of Plato","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Republic of Plato\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepublic.INTRODUCTION.\r\n      THE Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of\r\n      the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them. There are nearer\r\n      approaches to modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist; the\r\n      Politicus or Statesman is more ideal; the form and institutions of the\r\n      State are more clearly drawn out in the Laws; as works of art, the\r\n      Symposium and the Protagoras are of higher excellence. But no other\r\n      Dialogue of Plato has the same largeness of view and the same perfection\r\n      of style; no other shows an equal knowledge of the world, or contains more\r\n      of those thoughts which are new as well as old, and not of one age only\r\n      but of all. Nowhere in Plato is there a deeper irony or a greater wealth\r\n      of humour or imagery, or more dramatic power. Nor in any other of his\r\n      writings is the attempt made to interweave life and speculation, or to\r\n      connect politics with philosophy. The Republic is the centre around which\r\n      the other Dialogues may be grouped; here philosophy reaches the highest\r\n      point (cp. especially in Books V, VI, VII) to which ancient thinkers ever\r\n      attained. Plato among the Greeks, like Bacon among the moderns, was the\r\n      first who conceived a method of knowledge, although neither of them always\r\n      distinguished the bare outline or form from the substance of truth; and\r\n      both of them had to be content with an abstraction of science which was\r\n      not yet realized. He was the greatest metaphysical genius whom the world\r\n      has seen; and in him, more than in any other ancient thinker, the germs of\r\n      future knowledge are contained. The sciences of logic and psychology,\r\n      which have supplied so many instruments of thought to after-ages, are\r\n      based upon the analyses of Socrates and Plato. 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But he does not bind up\r\n      truth in logical formulae,logic is still veiled in metaphysics; and\r\n      the science which he imagines to contemplate all truth and all existence\r\n      is very unlike the doctrine of the syllogism which Aristotle claims to\r\n      have discovered (Soph. Elenchi 33. 18).\r\n    \n\r\n      Neither must we forget that the Republic is but the third part of a still\r\n      larger design which was to have included an ideal history of Athens, as\r\n      well as a political and physical philosophy. The fragment of the Critias\r\n      has given birth to a world-famous fiction, second only in importance to\r\n      the tale of Troy and the legend of Arthur; and is said as a fact to have\r\n      inspired some of the early navigators of the sixteenth century. This\r\n      mythical tale, of which the subject was a history of the wars of the\r\n      Athenians against the Island of Atlantis, is supposed to be founded upon\r\n      an unfinished poem of Solon, to which it would have stood in the same\r\n      relation as the writings of the logographers to the poems of Homer. It\r\n      would have told of a struggle for Liberty (cp. Tim. 25 C), intended to\r\n      represent the conflict of Persia and Hellas. We may judge from the noble\r\n      commencement of the Timaeus, from the fragment of the Critias itself, and\r\n      from the third book of the Laws, in what manner Plato would have treated\r\n      this high argument. We can only guess why the great design was abandoned;\r\n      perhaps because Plato became sensible of some incongruity in a fictitious\r\n      history, or because he had lost his interest in it, or because advancing\r\n      years forbade the completion of it; and we may please ourselves with the\r\n      fancy that had this imaginary narrative ever been finished, we should have\r\n      found Plato himself sympathising with the struggle for Hellenic\r\n      independence (cp. Laws iii. 698 ff.), singing a hymn of triumph over Marathon and\r\n      Salamis, perhaps making the reflection of Herodotus where he contemplates\r\n      the growth of the Athenian empireHow brave a thing is freedom of\r\n      speech, iii which has made the Athenians so far exceed every other state of\r\n      Hellas in greatness! or, more probably, attributing the victory to the\r\n      ancient good order of Athens and to the favour of Apollo and Athene (cp.\r\n      Introd. to Critias).\r\n    \n\r\n      Again, Plato may be regarded as the captain () or leader of a\r\n      goodly band of followers; for in the Republic is to be found the original\r\n      of Ciceros De Republica, of St. Augustines City of God, of the Utopia of\r\n      Sir Thomas More, and of the numerous other imaginary States which are\r\n      framed upon the same model. The extent to which Aristotle or the\r\n      Aristotelian school were indebted to him in the Politics has been little\r\n      recognised, and the recognition is the more necessary because it is not\r\n      made by Aristotle himself. The two philosophers had more in common than\r\n      they were conscious of; and probably some elements of Plato remain still\r\n      undetected in Aristotle. In English philosophy too, many affinities may be\r\n      traced, not only in the works of the Cambridge Platonists, but in great\r\n      original writers like Berkeley or Coleridge, to Plato and his ideas. That\r\n      there is a truth higher than experience, of which the mind bears witness\r\n      to herself, is a conviction which in our own generation has been\r\n      enthusiastically asserted, and is perhaps gaining ground. Of the Greek\r\n      authors who at the Renaissance brought a new life into the world Plato has\r\n      had the greatest influence. The Republic of Plato is also the first\r\n      treatise upon education, of which the writings of Milton and Locke,\r\n      Rousseau, Jean Paul, and Goethe are the legitimate descendants. Like Dante\r\n      or Bunyan, he has a revelation of another  life; like Bacon, he is\r\n      profoundly impressed with the unity of knowledge; in the early Church he\r\n      exercised a real influence on theology, and at the Revival of Literature\r\n      on politics. Even the fragments of his words when repeated at\r\n      second-hand (Symp. 215 D) have in all ages ravished the hearts of men, who have\r\n      seen reflected in them their own higher nature. He is the father of\r\n      idealism in philosophy, in politics, in literature. And many of the latest\r\n      conceptions of modern thinkers and statesmen, such as the unity of\r\n      knowledge, the reign of law, and the equality of the sexes, have been\r\n      anticipated in a dream by him.\r\n    \n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 55201 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Plato, 427? BCE-347? BCE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jul 26, 2017 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Plato, 427? 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A decade later, followers of the French visionary Charles Fourier blanketed America with colonies devoted to inaugurating a new millennium of pleasure and fraternity. Meanwhile, the French radical Étienne Cabet sailed to Texas with hopes of establishing a communist paradise dedicated to ideals that would be echoed in the next century. And in New York's Oneida Community, a brilliant Vermonter named John Humphrey Noyes set about creating a new society in which the human spirit could finally be perfected in the image of God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over time, these movements fell apart, and the national mood that had inspired them was drowned out by the dream of westward expansion and the waking nightmare of the Civil War. Their most galvanizing ideas, however, lived on, and their audacity has influenced countless political movements since. Their stories remain an inspiration for everyone who seeks to build a better world, for all who ask, \u003ci\u003eWhat should the future look like?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eParadise Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Uncommonly smart and beautifully written . . . a triumph of scholarship and narration: five stand-alone community studies and a coherent, often spellbinding history of the United States during its tumultuous first half-century . . . Although never less than evenhanded, and sometimes deliciously wry, Jennings writes with obvious affection for his subjects. To read \u003ci\u003eParadise Now\u003c\/i\u003e is to be dazzled, humbled and occasionally flabbergasted by the amount of energy and talent sacrificed at utopia's altar.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Writing an impartial, respectful account of these philanthropies and follies is no small task, but Mr. Jennings largely pulls it off with insight and aplomb. Indulgently sympathetic to the utopian impulse in general, he tells a good story. His explanations of the various reformist credos are patient, thought-provoking and . . . entertaining.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As a tour guide, Jennings is thoughtful, engaging and witty in the right doses. . . . He makes the subject his own with fresh eyes and a crisp narrative, rich with detail. . . . In the end, Jennings writes, the communards' disregard for the world as it exists sealed their fate. But in revisiting their stories, he makes a compelling case that our present-day 'deficit of imagination' could be similarly fated.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Jennings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812983890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in New York City. He graduated from Deep Springs College and Wesleyan University. He lives in Northern California with his dog.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Chris Jennings \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47566674493597,"sku":"9780812983890","price":43.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_44d5411e-3d60-425b-a9cf-c76c7f652b36.jpg?v=1768314669"},{"product_id":"the-pillars-of-gynarchy-9798989009701","title":"The Pillars of Gynarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if women were safe and had full agency over their lives and bodies? What if all spaces were women's spaces? What if men's classically masculine traits like strength, risk-taking, and systematizing were useful, prosocial, and not toxic? What if men took a step back from their conquests and surrendered to the natural authority of women? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGynarchy is a way of life that encompasses personal, political, and social relationships. It is the radical claim that women are natural leaders and rulers, and men can find unmatched fulfillment in supporting, serving, and pleasing them. It's based on eight pillars: Consent, Bodily Autonomy, Abundance, Collaboration, Network, the Hive, Conflict Resolution, and the Feminine as Divine. These core principles come together to create a shift in how we wield power. Take a tour of history, biology, religion, families, economics, psychology, and sexuality from a different perspective. 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