Republic

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Socratic dialogue philosophical dialogue

Republic is Plato's foundational philosophical dialogue that explores justice, the ideal state, and the nature of reality and knowledge.

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Republic canonical 29

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instanceOf Socratic dialogue ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
centralTheme education ⓘ
ideal state ⓘ
justice ⓘ
nature of knowledge ⓘ
nature of reality ⓘ
philosopher-ruler ⓘ
soul ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
containsAllegory Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave) ⓘ
surface form: Allegory of the Cave
containsAnalogy Divided Line ⓘ
Sun analogy ⓘ
dateWritten 4th century BCE ⓘ
dialogueForm Socratic dialogue ⓘ
featuresCharacter Adeimantus ⓘ
Cephalus ⓘ
Glaucon ⓘ
Polemarchus ⓘ
Thrasymachus ⓘ
genre epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
moral psychology ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
influenced Western moral philosophy ⓘ
Western political thought ⓘ
theory of education ⓘ
introducesConcept the Good (Form of the Good) ⓘ
surface form: Form of the Good

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 ⓘ
mainCharacter Socrates ⓘ
originalTitle The State ⓘ
surface form: Πολιτεία
philosophicalPosition art and poetry should be censored in the ideal city ⓘ
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 ⓘ
structure 10 books ⓘ
tradition Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ

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Ion → relatedWork → Republic ⓘ
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subject surface form: Form of the Good
Cratylus → relatedWork → Republic ⓘ
Phaedrus → relatedWorkByAuthor → Republic ⓘ
Timaeus → relatedWork → Republic ⓘ
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subject surface form: Parmenides (dialogue)
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