The Republic
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"The Republic" is a philosophical work written by Plato that explores justice, the ideal state, and how people should live together in society. It remains influential because it established foundational questions about ethics, politics, and human nature that philosophers and thinkers continue to engage with today.
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- Scott Lynch
- First published
- 2010
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Swindlers and swindling, Man-woman relationships, Brigands and robbers, Fiction
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The Republic (Ancient Greek: Πολιτεία, romanized: Politeia; Latin: De Republica) is a Socratic dialogue authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice (dikaiosúnē), the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically.
In the dialogue, Socrates discusses with various Athenians and foreigners the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man. He considers the natures of existing regimes and then proposes a series of hypothetical cities in comparison, culminating in Kallipolis (Καλλίπολις), a utopian city-state ruled by a class of philosopher-kings. They also discuss ageing, love, theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the role of the philosopher and of poetry in society. The dialogue's setting seems to be the time of the Peloponnesian War.