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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]
A republic, based on the Latin phrase res publica ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public ...
The Republic lost power after the Spanish Civil War. Francisco Franco then led Spain until his death on 20 November 1975, when democracy was restored. Moldova: 2 August 1940: Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic proclaimed following the annexation of Romanian Bessarabia by the Soviet Union: Iceland: 17 June 1944: Republic of Iceland established ...
In Plato's Republic, the character of Socrates is highly critical of democracy and instead proposes, as an ideal political state, a hierarchal system of three classes: philosopher-kings or guardians who make the decisions, soldiers or "auxiliaries" who protect the society, and producers who create goods and do other work. [1]
A sister republic was a client state of France established by French armies or by local revolutionaries and assisted by the French First Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars. Republic of Liège (1789–1791)
Republic, a dialogue by Plato; De re publica (The Republic), a dialogue by Cicero; Republic, a partially lost text by Zeno of Citium; Republic, a lost text by Crates of Thebes; Republic, a lost text by Diogenes of Sinope; Six livres de la république or La République (Republic in English), a 1577 book by Jean Bodin
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 ...
The Republic newspaper plant and offices in Columbus were designed by architect Myron Goldsmith (1918-1996) and built in 1971. It is a steel frame and brick Modern style building with a glass and white aluminum curtain wall with some aluminum panels. The rectangular, one-story building measures 248 feet by 93 feet, sits on a low concrete ...