"This book represents a singularly original, provocative, and profound interpretation of "Plato's Republic," Moreover, it poses a fundamental challenge to contemporary assumptions about the mutability of human nature. A tour de force."--Patrick Deneen, Georgetown University
"Mitchell encourages us to read a very familiar text in a new light. His book is rare in that it neither places itself in a particular camp of scholarship, nor ignores the thinking of others. I know of no other book like this one."--Jean Bethke Elshtain, the University of Chicago
