Republic, Book I

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Republic, Book I is the opening section of Plato’s philosophical dialogue in which Socrates, visiting the Piraeus, begins a probing discussion on the nature of justice with Cephalus and other interlocutors.

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instanceOf ancient Greek philosophical text ⓘ
philosophical dialogue book section ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
containsArgument Cephalus’ view that justice is telling the truth and paying one’s debts ⓘ
Polemarchus’ view that justice is helping friends and harming enemies ⓘ
Socrates’ refutation of Thrasymachus ⓘ
Thrasymachus’ claim that justice is the advantage of the stronger ⓘ
containsConcept craft analogy for ruling ⓘ
injustice as a source of faction and hatred ⓘ
virtue of justice in the soul ⓘ
wage-earning as a separate craft ⓘ
discusses nature of expertise in ruling ⓘ
relationship between justice and happiness ⓘ
role of rulers in the city ⓘ
whether the just person is happier than the unjust person ⓘ
endsWith Thrasymachus’ partial withdrawal from the discussion ⓘ
featuresCharacter Adeimantus ⓘ
Cephalus ⓘ
Glaucon ⓘ
Polemarchus ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
Thrasymachus ⓘ
genre Socratic dialogue ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasForm dramatic dialogue ⓘ
hasSubject ethical theory ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
inDialogueSeries early books of the Republic ⓘ
influenced later political philosophy ⓘ
theories of justice in Western philosophy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
narrator Socrates ⓘ
opensWith Socrates’ visit to the Piraeus for the festival of Bendis ⓘ
originalCulture Classical Athens ⓘ
partOf Republic (Plato) ⓘ
linked to: Plato's Republic
philosophicalMethod Socratic dialogue ⓘ
elenchus ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
primaryTheme definition of justice ⓘ
justice ⓘ
moral psychology ⓘ
power and justice ⓘ
settingLocation Piraeus ⓘ
house of Cephalus ⓘ
workChronology 4th century BCE ⓘ

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