Status Updates From The Republic 2 Sub Edition ...

Translator Robin Waterfield — in what were maybe revolutionary moves in the 90s? — chooses (1) to separate Republic into 14 sections (rather than the traditional 10 books), and (2) to translate δικαιοσύνη as "morality". Republic is usually considered Plato's dialogue on "justice" and political theory; instead, Waterfield reads the politeia as a metaphor for man. A bit scared this will affect his translation...we ball

Difficult to get through, difficult language