The Republic

The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Plato Classics)

De: Plato

Narrado por: Jeffrey Ito

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BCE, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically.

In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man with various Athenians and foreigners. He considers the natures of existing regimes and then proposes a series of hypothetical cities in comparison, culminating in Kallipolis, a utopian city-state ruled by a philosopher-king. They also discuss ageing, love, theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the role of the philosopher and of poetry in society. The dialogue's setting seems to be the time of the Peloponnesian War.

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Sound is awful

The audio sounds like it was recorded in an empty room with the mic too far away. Lots of echo and weak clarity. It needs tighter mic placement and better room treatment.

Hard to listen to

Sound quality is bad. Reader does not project well. Doesn’t help with an already difficult book.

The book itself was good but narration is terrible

Review is for the audible quality. Terrible the guy sounded like he read the whole book while in the bathroom it was hard to understand due to the reverb and echo. His pacing of sentences was also very stilted. Only recommend this despite it being free for audible members.

The performer used Ai to "read" this

The audio quality and this performance of this book is just awful. I would suggest another performance of this title.

This reader is awful

He pronounces many of the words (let alone names) wrong and has such strange emphasis that I struggle to understand what the sentence is saying. Please get a pro to do this.