Mysteries in the British Library

What happened to Harry Spens? This translation is the only entry for him the British Library catalogue.

Plato’s Republic is the foundation text of political theory in general and utopian theory and practice in particular. It has had many Englsih translations. The first in Scotland in 1760’s. What is that translation like and why has it disappeared? Is hegemony the answer? I went to the Rare Book Room to find out.

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