the Republic
Plato's political treatise
The Republic is Plato's philosophical dialogue exploring justice, the ideal state, and the nature of the soul.
Written around 375 BCE, it presents Socrates in conversation about how a just society should be organized—including the famous allegory of the cave and the concept of philosopher-kings.
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The title also refers generically to any particular republic when context makes clear which one: the Republic might mean France, the United States, or another specific nation depending on the speaker.
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- philosopher kingWisdom-led ruler ideal
- citizenLegal national member
- body politicNation as unified organism
- stateCondition or mode
nation · constitution · rule of law · founding fathers · senate · Athens · city state · Rome · commonwealth · sovereignty · freedom · liberty · governance · civic · political · ideals · justice · common good
- ancient philosophyPlato, Aristotle, Socrates, Platonism, Epicureanism
- ancient politicsAthenian democracy, polis, senate, archon, direct democracy
- Greek classicsHomer, Iliad, Plato, Odyssey, Aristotle
- PlatoPlato, academy, Academy, allegory, Symposium
- Plato's RepublicSocrates, philosopher king, guardians, auxiliaries, divided line
- ethicsmorality, deontology, dignity, sanctity of life, utilitarianism
the RepublicThe Prince
Treatise on obtaining power
Leviathan · realpolitik · Machiavellianism · power politics · libertarianism
the Republicmaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
nominalism · empiricism · atomism · physicalism · Epicureanism
the RepublicLeviathan
Scriptural marine serpent
The Prince · Lord of the Flies · cynicism · social Darwinism
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