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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
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Aug 22, 2026 05:22AM
Omg he also translated my two copies of The Histories
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He's kind of goated; prolific. I read his trans of Plutarch's Lives for like half of them and they were soooooo good, highly readable. But that's also bc my other points of ref were the 17th C. Dryden ones and Loeb translations on Perseus