Plato's Republic

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Plato's Republic is a foundational philosophical dialogue in which Plato explores justice, the ideal state, and the nature of reality through Socratic conversations.

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instanceOf Socratic dialogue ⓘ
ancient Greek literature ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
work of ethics ⓘ
work of political philosophy ⓘ
approximateDate 4th century BCE ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
centralTheme education ⓘ
forms ⓘ
ideal state ⓘ
justice ⓘ
justice in the city ⓘ
justice in the individual ⓘ
knowledge ⓘ
nature of reality ⓘ
philosopher-kings ⓘ
the soul ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
containsArgument Allegory of the Cave ⓘ
Divided Line analogy ⓘ
linked to: Divided Line

Myth of Er ⓘ
Ring of Gyges thought experiment ⓘ
containsConcept censorship of poetry ⓘ
communal property for guardians ⓘ
degeneration of regimes ⓘ
education of guardians ⓘ
form of the Good ⓘ
noble lie ⓘ
philosopher-king ⓘ
three classes in the city ⓘ
tripartite soul ⓘ
discusses democracy ⓘ
oligarchy ⓘ
timocracy ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ
featuresCharacter Adeimantus ⓘ
Cephalus ⓘ
Clitophon ⓘ
Crito ⓘ
Glaucon ⓘ
Polemarchus ⓘ
Thrasymachus ⓘ
genre epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasPart Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
Book III ⓘ
Book IV ⓘ
Book IX ⓘ
Book V ⓘ
Book VI ⓘ
Book VII ⓘ
Book VIII ⓘ
Book X ⓘ
influenced Christian philosophy ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Western political philosophy ⓘ
modern political theory ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
latinTitle Res Publica ⓘ
linked to: De re publica
mainCharacter Socrates ⓘ
originalTitle Πολιτεία ⓘ
linked to: Politikos
period Classical Greece ⓘ
philosophicalMethod dialectic ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Platonism ⓘ
setIn Athens ⓘ
structure dialogue ⓘ
title Republic ⓘ

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Statue of the Republic (World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago) → alsoKnownAs → The Republic ⓘ
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Aristotle's Politics → criticizes → Plato's Republic ⓘ
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Plato's Theaetetus → relatedWork → Plato's Republic ⓘ
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Ara Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila → comparesWith → Plato's Republic ⓘ
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