The Republic
By Plato; Dover Thrift Editions
(Dover Publications, Paperback, 9780486411217, 320pp.)
Publication Date: April 2000
Categories: History & Theory - General, Political, History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
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Description
Famous philosophical treatise of the 4th century BC concerns itself chiefly with the idea of justice, as well as such Platonic theories as that of ideas, the criticism of poetry, and the philosopher's role. Source of the famous cave myth and prototype for other imaginary commonwealths, including those of Cicero, St. Augustine, and More. Benjamin Jowett translation.
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