"The Republic" by Plato is a philosophical exploration from ancient Greece that questions what it truly means to be just, and what a perfect society could look like. Told through conversations between Socrates and other thinkers like Thrasymachus, the book grapples with different ideas of justice. It starts by looking at simple ideas, like telling the truth and paying back debts, but soon shows how complicated justice can be. The discussions examine if being just is always the best path, touching on the relationship between justice and power and questioning whether people in power are really just or just pretending to be. The book sets up big questions about how we should live and how society should be organized.
The Republic
By Plato
In ancient Greece, thinkers debate the meaning of justice, wrestling with power, morality, and the very foundation of an ideal society.
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About the AuthorPlato, born Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato, born Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
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