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Author | Plato |
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Original title | Πολιτεία |
Language | Greek |
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Published | c. 375 BC |
Publication place | Ancient Greece |
Text | Republic at Wikisource |
Part of the Politics series |
Republicanism |
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The Republic (Ancient Greek: Πολιτεία, romanized: Politeia; Latin: De Republica)[1] 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.[2] 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.[3][4]
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.[5] 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.[6] The dialogue's setting seems to be the time of the Peloponnesian War.[7]
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