The Just City In 5 Words
Complex. Thought Provoking. Clever. Good.
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The Just City is a book in which Jo Walton, the author, explores Plato's idea of a "just state." In this book, the greek gods are real (and sometimes petty) and Athena, the goddess of learning, is conducting an experiment to see if Plato's "just city" could work. One of my friends, who tried to read it, described it as "a philosopher's
idea of an interesting book." This is not the book for you if you bore easily. Personally, I really enjoyed reading it, following the characters as the "just city" develops complications and they have to solve them, or decide which parts of Plato's idea should be followed and which should be ignored for the sake of the city. But, if you don't like to explore thoroughly the moral implications of time travel (or anything) you probably won't be able to finish this book without skipping a few pages. I would highly recommend
The Just City to anyone who is up for some extensive thinking and possibly discussion.
Would you read
The Just City? If you have already, what do you think about it? Do you think I summed it up accurately? Please tell me in the comments below :)
Is this book sort like A Wrinkle In Time??
ReplyDeleteWell, it is similar in that A Wrinkle in Time explores the physics and math behind it, but this book is about philosophy.
DeleteSounds interesting! I'll have to check it out! Thanks for sharing:)
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