Book II
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Book II is a section of Plato’s Republic in which Socrates begins outlining the ideal city and the education of its guardians as a framework for exploring the nature of justice.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Book II (Plato's Republic) | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book section
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part of philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| author | Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralQuestion | what justice is and why it is desirable for its own sake ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Adeimantus
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Glaucon NERFINISHED ⓘ Socrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
construction of the ideal city
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education of guardians ⓘ justice ⓘ nature of political order ⓘ role of education in virtue ⓘ |
| partOf | Plato's Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTopic |
censorship of poetry
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civic unity ⓘ common good ⓘ courage ⓘ division of labor ⓘ education of rulers ⓘ education through gymnastics ⓘ education through music and poetry ⓘ ethics ⓘ founding of laws ⓘ guardian class ⓘ justice in the city ⓘ luxurious city ⓘ moral influence of poetry ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ myth and storytelling ⓘ myth of the metals ⓘ noble lie ⓘ origin of the city ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ relationship between individual and city ⓘ representation of gods in poetry ⓘ role of women in the guardian class ⓘ specialization in the city ⓘ temperance ⓘ theory of education ⓘ truth and falsehood in stories ⓘ virtue of guardians ⓘ |
| setsUp |
later definition of justice in the soul
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later discussion of the tripartite soul ⓘ |
| workType | ancient philosophical text section ⓘ |
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