Republic
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Republic is Plato's foundational philosophical dialogue that explores justice, the ideal state, and the nature of reality and knowledge.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Socratic dialogue
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philosophical dialogue → |
| author |
Plato
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| centralTheme |
education
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ideal state → justice → nature of knowledge → nature of reality → philosopher-ruler → soul → virtue → |
| containsAllegory |
Allegory of the Cave
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| containsAnalogy |
Divided Line
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Sun analogy → |
| dateWritten |
4th century BCE
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| dialogueForm |
Socratic dialogue
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| featuresCharacter |
Adeimantus
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Cephalus → Glaucon → Polemarchus → Thrasymachus → |
| genre |
epistemology
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ethics → metaphysics → moral psychology → political philosophy → |
| influenced |
Western moral philosophy
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Western political thought → theory of education → |
| introducesConcept |
Form of the Good
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Forms → auxiliary guardians → degeneration of constitutions → guardian class → myth of Er → noble lie → philosopher-king → three classes of the city → tripartite soul → |
| language |
Ancient Greek
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| mainCharacter |
Socrates
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| originalTitle |
Πολιτεία
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| philosophicalPosition |
art and poetry should be censored in the ideal city
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communal property for guardians → education is central to justice → ideal state ruled by philosophers → justice is advantageous to the just person → soul is immortal → women can be guardians → |
| setting |
house of Cephalus in Piraeus
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| structure |
10 books
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| tradition |
Ancient Greek philosophy
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Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Cratylus
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Ion (dialogue) → Statesman → Timaeus → |
relatedWork |
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Form of Beauty
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Form of the Good → |
discussedIn |
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Form of the Good
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associatedWithDialogue |
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Middle dialogues of Plato
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Socratic dialogues of Plato
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includesWork |
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Plato
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notableWork |
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Phaedrus
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relatedWorkByAuthor |