Plato/Republic One of the oldest papyri (P.Oxy. 3157) containing fragment of Plato's Republic, 2nd century CE. [1] The Republic (Περὶ πολιτείας; Peri pol…
Republic is generally placed in the middle period of Plato's dialogues. However, the distinction of this group from the early dialogues is not as clear a…
Plato/Republic Plato's Republic is often referred to as the cornerstone of all Western philosophy. It is in the form of a dialogue. The use of dialogue w…
Plato’s Ethics and Politics in The Republic Plato’s Republic centers on a simple question: is it always better to be just than unjust? The puzzles in Book…
"Unless," said I, "either philosophers become kings in the cities or those now called kings and rulers love wisdom seriously and adequately, and there is …
Republic Plato Republic Plato About This Book Widely acknowledged as his most influential work, Republic presents Plato's philosophical views on the natu…
The Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them. There are nearer approaches to mo…
After reading The Republic there are three main points that Plato had touched on. The first of these three points is that Plato is disheartened with democ…
The Republic (Ancient Greek: Πολιτεία, romanized: Politeia; Latin: De Republica) is a Socratic dialogue authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice
Recent Forum Posts on The Republic I need to write an essay on Plato's Sun and Line analogies, and I'm struggling with basic comprehension :'( It looks l…
Gilbert Ryle, as was to be expected, has written a frivolous review of my translation and interpretation of Plato’s Republic [ NYR , November 6], although…
After reading The Republic there are three main points that Plato had touched on. The first of these three points is that Plato is disheartened with democ…
In Plato's Republic, the character of Socrates is highly critical of democracy and instead proposes, as an ideal political state, a hierarchal system of
of the cave is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a, Book VII) to compare "the effect of education (παιδεία)
Tell me then, O thou heir of the argument, what did Simonides say, and according to you truly say, about justice? He said that the repayment of a debt is …