Project Gutenberg 1994-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 380 Plato -428 -348 Πλάτων Jowett, Benjamin 1817 1893 Jowett, William The Republic There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #55201 "The Republic" by Plato is a philosophical treatise written in the 4th century BC. The work explores the nature of justice, the ideal state, and the role of the philosopher within society. Through a series of dialogues featuring characters such as Socrates, Thrasymachus, Glaucon, and Adeimantus, Plato investigates what justice means and how it can be achieved both on an individual and societal level. The beginning of "The Republic" sets the stage with Socrates engaging in a conversation about justice, starting with Cephalus and transitioning to Polemarchus and Thrasymachus. Their discussions weave through definitions of justice, the characteristics of the just man, and the relationship between justice and power. Initially, Cephalus offers a traditional view of justice as truth-telling and debt-repayment, but Socrates methodically challenges this notion by presenting various exceptions and situations where such definitions fail. The opening chapters highlight the complexity of defining justice while introducing key themes that will permeate the dialogue, such as the interplay between the just and the unjust, the potential for immorality in political power, and the distinctions between appearance and reality in ethical behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Political science -- Early works to 1800 Utopias -- Early works to 1800 Justice -- Early works to 1800 JC Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Politics 813333 813342 2024-09-01T04:32:10.071208 2023-10-01T04:25:32.893615 text/html text/html 813326 813335 2024-09-01T04:32:10.386196 2023-10-01T04:25:33.167620 text/html text/html 313312 2024-09-01T04:32:20.780126 application/epub+zip 325716 2024-09-01T04:32:12.069181 application/epub+zip 325715 2024-09-01T04:32:11.095186 application/epub+zip 551801 2024-09-01T04:32:27.354129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 507461 2024-09-01T04:32:20.053133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 507552 2022-09-01T04:33:39.137210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 715588 715616 2024-09-01T04:32:09.372214 2023-10-01T04:25:32.282638 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 715838 2021-01-01T06:47:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 250951 2021-01-01T06:47:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18861 2024-09-01T04:32:27.507088 application/rdf+xml 8552 2024-09-01T04:32:11.454182 image/jpeg 2411 2024-09-01T04:32:11.280179 image/jpeg 309443 2024-09-01T04:32:10.465193 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia