TY - BOOK AU - Plato AU - Jowett,Benjamin TI - The Republic AV - JC PY - 1994/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Political science -- Early works to 1800 KW - Utopias -- Early works to 1800 KW - Justice -- Early works to 1800 N1 - There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #55201; Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato); Release date is 1994-07-01; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Republic" by Plato is a Socratic dialogue written around 375 BC. Through conversations between Socrates and various Athenians, this influential philosophical work explores the meaning of justice and whether the just person is happier than the unjust. Socrates examines existing governments and proposes a utopian city-state ruled by philosopher-kings. The dialogue also delves into aging, love, the immortality of the soul, and poetry's role in society, creating one of history's most enduring works of philosophy and political theory. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/150 ER -