The RepublicThe Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust man is happier. They are the philosopher-kings of imagined cities and they also discuss the nature of philosophy and the soul among other things. |
Contents
| 4 | |
| 31 | |
Book II | 104 |
Book III | 168 |
Book IV | 248 |
Book V | 317 |
Book VI | 401 |
Book VII | 469 |
Book VIII | 533 |
Book IX | 601 |
Book X | 658 |
Common terms and phrases
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