TY - BOOK AU - Plato AU - Jowett,Benjamin TI - The Republic AV - JCPA PY - 1998/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Classical literature 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 1998-10-01; Sue Asscher and David Widger; 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, the work explores the meaning of justice and whether the just person is happier than the unjust. Socrates examines existing forms of government and proposes an ideal city-state ruled by philosopher-kings. The dialogue ranges across profound questions: the nature of the soul, the role of poetry, love, aging, and the purpose of political power itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1497 ER -