In the textbook "This and That" the author So and So quotes the platos republic who said "This, this, and that" (author of textbook and page number of textbook). *the period of the ending quote occurs after the parenthesis*
"The Philosophy of Everyman" (name of college book) includes a section on Plato's 'Republic,' which contains the quote "Who can truly see the light?" (or whatever quote you are using)
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In the textbook "This and That" the author So and So quotes the platos republic who said "This, this, and that" (author of textbook and page number of textbook). *the period of the ending quote occurs after the parenthesis*
Why don't you google MLA and see what you get.
I'll guess it's going to be something like:
"The Philosophy of Everyman" (name of college book) includes a section on Plato's 'Republic,' which contains the quote "Who can truly see the light?" (or whatever quote you are using)