Books like Γοργίας by Πλάτων

A seminal 16th‑century Italian treatise, The Prince offers practical guidance for rulers, arguing that ends can justify morally dubious means to secure power and glory.

A modern edition of Lattimore’s translation of Homer’s Iliad, enriched with a contextual introduction, line‑by‑line notes, a glossary, and maps to illuminate ancient Greek warfare, society, and mythology.

Candide: A Tale of Conviviality and Optimism in a Wretched World

Garry Wills’s complete Penguin Classics translation of Augustine of Hippo’s spiritual classic, capturing the original’s philosophical depth and poetic power in clear, contemporary language.

A new English translation of Aristotle’s *Politics* preserves the original Greek’s precision while offering a clear, contemporary prose style. It includes scholarly notes, a glossary of key terms, and an introduction that situates the work in its historical and philosophical context.

Thomas Hobbes' influential work on social contract and political governance from 1651, addressing the structure of government and society as the way to prevent civil war and chaos.

Plato’s collection of dialogues, featuring Socrates, interrogates virtue, love, politics, and the nature of knowledge—questions that have shaped Western thought for millennia.

In *Du contrat social*, Rousseau argues that sovereign power belongs solely to the people and rejects the divine right of monarchs, laying the groundwork for modern political thought.

Plato’s metaphysical dialogue *Timaeus*, preserved in the Latin West through Calcidius’s 5th‑century translation and commentary – a rare window on early Greek cosmology and metaphysics.

Revised edition. Volume 4. Translated by R. E. Allen

The Statesman is Plato's neglected political work, but it is crucial for an understanding of the development of his political thinking. In some respects it continues themes from the Republic, particularly the importance of knowledge as entitlement to rule. But there are also changes: Plato has dropped the ambitious metaphysical synthesis of the Republic, changed his view of the moral psychology of the citizen, and revised his position on the role of law and institutions. In its presentation of the statesman's expertise, the Statesman modifies, as well as defending in original ways, this central theme of the Republic. This new translation is based on the revised Oxford Text of Plato and makes accessible the dialogue to students of political thought in clear and contemporary language. The introduction sets the argument in the context of the development of Plato's thought, and outlines the philosophical and historical background necessary for a full understanding of the text, particularly for a political theory readership.