Book II

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Book II is a section of Plato’s Republic in which Socrates begins outlining the ideal city and the education of its guardians as a framework for exploring the nature of justice.

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instanceOf book section ⓘ
part of philosophical dialogue ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
centralQuestion what justice is and why it is desirable for its own sake ⓘ
dialogueForm Socratic dialogue ⓘ
featuresCharacter Adeimantus ⓘ
Glaucon ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
historicalPeriod Classical Greece ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme construction of the ideal city ⓘ
education of guardians ⓘ
justice ⓘ
nature of political order ⓘ
role of education in virtue ⓘ
partOf Plato's Republic ⓘ
philosophicalTopic censorship of poetry ⓘ
civic unity ⓘ
common good ⓘ
courage ⓘ
division of labor ⓘ
education of rulers ⓘ
education through gymnastics ⓘ
education through music and poetry ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
founding of laws ⓘ
guardian class ⓘ
justice in the city ⓘ
luxurious city ⓘ
moral influence of poetry ⓘ
moral psychology ⓘ
myth and storytelling ⓘ
myth of the metals ⓘ
noble lie ⓘ
origin of the city ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
relationship between individual and city ⓘ
representation of gods in poetry ⓘ
role of women in the guardian class ⓘ
specialization in the city ⓘ
temperance ⓘ
theory of education ⓘ
truth and falsehood in stories ⓘ
virtue of guardians ⓘ
setsUp later definition of justice in the soul ⓘ
later discussion of the tripartite soul ⓘ
workType ancient philosophical text section ⓘ

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Plato's Republic → hasPart → Book II ⓘ