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by Plato · -428–-348
"The Republic" by Plato is a Socratic dialogue written around 375 BC. Through conversations between Socrates and various Athenians, the work explores the meaning of justice and whether the just person is happier than the unjust. Socrates examines existing forms of government and proposes an ideal city-state ruled by philosopher-kings. The dialogue ranges across profound questions: the nature of the soul, the role of poetry, love, aging, and the purpose of political power itself.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 983 min
- Words
- 216,285
- Chapters
- 1
- Paragraphs
- 4,720
- Price
- Free
- Classical literature
- Justice -- Early works to 1800
- Political science -- Early works to 1800
- Utopias -- Early works to 1800
Then now I think you will have no difficulty in understanding my meaning when I asked the question whether the end of anything would be that which could not be accomplished, or not so well accomplished, by any other thing?
Dann denke ich nun, dass du keine Schwierigkeit haben wirst, meine Bedeutung zu verstehen, als ich die Frage stellte, ob der Zweck von irgendetwas das wäre, was nicht oder nicht so gut durch irgendein anderes Ding erreicht werden kann?
About the author
Plato-428–-348
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher born in 428 BCE and died in 348 BCE.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #1497
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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