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  2. Republic (Plato) - Wikipedia

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    The Republic (Ancient Greek: Πολιτεία, romanized: Politeia; Latin: De Republica) [1] is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice (dikaiosúnē), the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. [2]

  3. Plato's political philosophy - Wikipedia

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    In the Republic, Plato's Socrates raises a number of criticisms of democracy.He claims that democracy is a danger due to excessive freedom. He also argues that, in a system in which everyone has a right to rule, all sorts of selfish people who care nothing for the people but are only motivated by their own personal desires are able to attain power.

  4. Statesman (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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    The Statesman (Ancient Greek: Πολιτικός, Politikós; Latin: Politicus [1]), also known by its Latin title, Politicus, is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato.The text depicts a conversation among Socrates, the mathematician Theodorus, another person named Socrates (referred to as "Socrates the Younger"), and an unnamed philosopher from Elea referred to as "the Stranger" (ξένος ...

  5. Analogy of the divided line - Wikipedia

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    In The Republic (509d–510a), Socrates describes the divided line to Glaucon this way: . Now take a line which has been cut into two unequal parts, and divide each of them again in the same proportion, [1] and suppose the two main divisions to answer, one to the visible and the other to the intelligible, and then compare the subdivisions in respect of their clearness and want of clearness ...

  6. Res publica - Wikipedia

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    You, who have had the honour of a triumph, and of the censorship, have been six times consul, and have shared in the tribunate; and, what is still more honourable, whilst you held them in conjunction with your Father, you have presided over the Equestrian order, and been the Prefect of the Prætorians : all this you have done for the service of ...

  7. Analogy of the Sun - Wikipedia

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    The analogy of the Sun (or simile of the Sun or metaphor of the Sun) is found in the sixth book of The Republic (507b–509c), written by the Greek philosopher Plato as a dialogue between his brother Glaucon and Socrates, and narrated by the latter. Upon being urged by Glaucon to define goodness, a cautious Socrates professes himself incapable ...

  8. Ship of fools - Wikipedia

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    The ship of fools, 1549 German woodcut illustration for Brant's book. Benjamin Jowett's 1871 translation recounts the story as follows: . Imagine then a fleet or a ship in which there is a captain who is taller and stronger than any of the crew, but he is a little deaf and has a similar infirmity in sight, and his knowledge of navigation is not much better.

  9. Myth of Er - Wikipedia

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    A Renaissance manuscript Latin translation of The Republic. The Myth of Er (/ ɜːr /; Ancient Greek: Ἤρ, romanized: ér, gen.: Ἠρός) is a legend that concludes Plato's Republic (10.614–10.621). The story includes an account of the cosmos and the afterlife that greatly influenced religious, philosophical, and scientific thought for ...