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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]
The following is a list of the speakers found in the dialogues traditionally ascribed to Plato, including extensively quoted, indirect and conjured speakers. Dialogues, as well as Platonic Epistles and Epigrams , in which these individuals appear dramatically but do not speak are listed separately.
Name Date Content Institution Papyrus 2993 : 300 BC-200 BC: Sophist 223-224: Digitised Manuscripts, British Library P.Oxy.XXXIII 2662 : 100 BC-100 AD: Meno 92E-93B: Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, Oxford Papyrus 3051 : 1-200 AD: Politicus 257B, 261D-262C: Digitised Manuscripts, British Library Papyrus 187 : 1-250 AD: Laches 181a8-182a4
These are the dialogues ascribed to Plato in antiquity. Many of these frequently feature Socrates and are an important part of the Socratic dialogues . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dialogues by Plato .
Plato Roman copy of a portrait bust c. 370 BC Born 428/427 or 424/423 BC Athens Died 348 BC (aged c. 75–80) Athens Notable work Euthyphro Apology Crito Phaedo Meno Protagoras Gorgias Symposium Phaedrus Parmenides Theaetetus Republic Timaeus Laws Era Ancient Greek philosophy School Platonic Academy Notable students Aristotle Main interests Epistemology, Metaphysics Political philosophy ...
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]
The Ship of State is an ancient and oft-cited metaphor, famously expounded by Plato in the Republic (Book 6, 488a–489d), which likens the governance of a city-state to the command of a vessel.
In the recounting of the myth by Glaucon (Plato's older brother, as a character of the Republic), an unnamed ancestor of Gyges [4] [5] was a shepherd in the service of the king of Lydia. After an earthquake, a chasm was revealed in a mountainside where he was feeding his flock.