![]() ![]() Socrates first concerns himself with this topic in the abstract. In it, Socrates along with various Athenians and foreigners discuss the meaning of justice and examine whether or not the just man is happier than the unjust man by considering a series of different cities coming into existence "in speech", culminating in a city (Kallipolis) ruled by philosopher-kings and by examining the nature of existing regimes. The second part of Book 10 is devoted to Socratess doctrine of the immortality of the soul. It is Plato's best-known work and has proven to be one of the most intellectually and historically influential works of philosophy and political theory. ![]() The Republic is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC concerning the definition of justice and the order and character of the just city-state and the just man. Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1817 - 1893) I say this particularly when I reflect upon poetry. ![]() 595A Yes indeed, said I, I have all sorts of ideas in mind as to why our city has been founded in the best possible way. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Republic (version 2) Persons in the dialogue: Socrates, Glaucon, Adeimantus, Polemarchus, Cephalus, Thrasymachus, Cleitophon, and others. But Dean Inge, Platonism and Human Immortality ( Aristot. ![]()
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