The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man. It has proven to be one of the most intellectually and historically influential works of philosophy and political theory. Contents: Book I: Of Wealth, Justice, Moderation, and their Opposites; Book II. The Individual, the State, and Education; Book III. The Arts in Education; Book IV. Wealth, Poverty, and Virtue; Book V. On Matrimony and Philosophy; Book VI. The Philosophy of Government; Book VII. On Shadows and Realities in Education; Book VIII. Four Forms of Government; Book IX. On Wrong or Right Government, and the Pleasures of Each; Book X. The Recompense of Life. Translated by Benjamin Jowett, with a special introduction by William Cranston Lawton and a comprehensive translator's introduction
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