Republic
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community
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education
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harmony
ideal
individual
knowledge
perfect
philosophy
societal roles
Socrates
socratic method
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- ISBN 9781454959847
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 134 x 202mm
- Publication Date: 19 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Union Square & Co.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation, other questions are raised: what is goodness? What is reality? And what is knowledge? The Republic also addresses the purpose of education and the role of both women and men as guardians of the people. With remarkable lucidity and deft use of allegory, Plato arrives at a depiction of a state bound by harmony and ruled by philosopher kings.
Plato (427–347 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period. In Athens, Plato founded the Academy, a philosophical school where he taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
