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The Republic of Plato

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Original author: Plato

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"The Republic of Plato" by Plato is a Socratic dialogue written around 375 BC. In this foundational work of philosophy and political theory, Socrates debates the nature of justice with Athenians and foreigners, asking whether the just person is happier than the unjust. The discussion ranges from definitions of justice to the design of an ideal city-state ruled by philosopher-kings, exploring aging, love, the soul's immortality, and poetry's role in society along the way.

The Republic of Plato, by Plato. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #55201.

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38 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface270 words
  2. 2.Introduction: And Analysis6,197 words
  3. 3.Book VII: is a recapitulation of the divisions of knowledge in Book VI. The443 words
  4. 4.Book I: The Republic opens with a truly Greek scene--a festival in honour3,799 words
  5. 5.Book II: Thrasymachus is pacified, *357* but the intrepid Glaucon insists6,304 words
  6. 6.Book III: 386* There is another motive in purifying religion, which is to7,011 words
  7. 7.Book IV: 419* Adeimantus said: 'Suppose a person to argue, Socrates, that5,935 words
  8. 8.Book V: 449* I was going to enumerate the four forms of vice or decline4,575 words
  9. 9.Book VI: 484* Having determined that the many have no knowledge of true7,914 words
  10. 10.Book VII: 514* And now I will describe in a figure the enlightenment or7,298 words
  11. 11.Book VIII: 543* And so we have arrived at the conclusion, that in the8,502 words
  12. 12.Book IX: 571* Last of all comes the tyrannical man, about whom we have to4,591 words
  13. 13.Book X: 595* Many things pleased me in the order of our State, but there (1)8,843 words
  14. 14.Book X: 595* Many things pleased me in the order of our State, but there (2)8,876 words
  15. 15.Book X: 595* Many things pleased me in the order of our State, but there (3)8,904 words
  16. 16.Book X: 595* Many things pleased me in the order of our State, but there (4)8,807 words
  17. 17.Book X: 595* Many things pleased me in the order of our State, but there (5)1,136 words
  18. 18.Book I: Persons of the Dialogue (1)8,432 words
  19. 19.Book I: Persons of the Dialogue (2)4,441 words
  1. 20.Book II: Sidenote: Republic II. Socrates, Glaucon (1)8,734 words
  2. 21.Book II: Sidenote: Republic II. Socrates, Glaucon (2)3,345 words
  3. 22.Book III: Sidenote: Republic III. Socrates, Adeimantus (1)8,572 words
  4. 23.Book III: Sidenote: Republic III. Socrates, Adeimantus (2)6,120 words
  5. 24.Book IV: Sidenote: Republic IV. Adeimantus, Socrates (1)8,629 words
  6. 25.Book IV: Sidenote: Republic IV. Adeimantus, Socrates (2)3,388 words
  7. 26.Book V: Sidenote: Republic V. SOCRATES, GLAUCON, ADEIMANTUS (1)8,634 words
  8. 27.Book V: Sidenote: Republic V. SOCRATES, GLAUCON, ADEIMANTUS (2)5,898 words
  9. 28.Book VI: Sidenote: Republic VI. Socrates, Glaucon (1)8,521 words
  10. 29.Book VI: Sidenote: Republic VI. Socrates, Glaucon (2)4,221 words
  11. 30.Book VII: Sidenote: Republic VII. Socrates, Glaucon (1)8,609 words
  12. 31.Book VII: Sidenote: Republic VII. Socrates, Glaucon (2)3,606 words
  13. 32.Book VIII: Sidenote: Republic VIII. Socrates, Glaucon (1)8,624 words
  14. 33.Book VIII: Sidenote: Republic VIII. Socrates, Glaucon (2)3,233 words
  15. 34.Book IX: Sidenote: Republic IX. Socrates, Adeimantus9,490 words
  16. 35.Book X: Sidenote: Republic X. Socrates, Glaucon (1)8,457 words
  17. 36.Book X: Sidenote: Republic X. Socrates, Glaucon (2)8,757 words
  18. 37.Book X: Sidenote: Republic X. Socrates, Glaucon (3)8,519 words
  19. 38.Book X: Sidenote: Republic X. Socrates, Glaucon (4)8,250 words