The Republic
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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 modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist; the Politicus or Statesman is more ideal; the form and institutions of the State are more clearly drawn out in the Laws; as works of art, the Symposium and the Protagoras are of higher excellence. But no other Dia…
Details
- AuthorPlato
- SourceProject Gutenberg #1497
- Length212,227 words · 14h 09m of reading
- Chapters14
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-02
Contents
14 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01By Plato
- 02We may note
- 03BOOK I.
- 04He gave a reluctant ‘Yes.’
- 05BOOK II.
- 06BOOK III.
- 07Neither must we sing to them of
- 08BOOK IV.
- 09BOOK V.
- 10BOOK VI.
- 11BOOK VII.
- 12BOOK VIII.
- 13BOOK IX.
- 14BOOK X.
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