Plato's "The Republic" (~375BC)

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A Plato's "The Republic" (~375BC) is a Socratic diagloue authors by Plato.



References

  • Brickhouse, Thomas and Smith, Nicholas D. Plato (c. 427–347 BC), The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, cf. Dating Plato's Dialogues.
  • National Public Radio (8 August 2007). Plato's 'Republic' Still Influential, Author Says . Talk of the Nation.
  • Plato: The Republic . Plato: His Philosophy and his life, allphilosophers.com
  • In ancient times, the book was alternately titled On Justice (not to be confused with the spurious dialogue of the same name).
  • 2018

    1. Henri Estienne (ed.), Platonis opera quae extant omnia, Vol. 2, 1578, p. 327.
    2. Brickhouse, Thomas and Smith, Nicholas D. Plato (c. 427–347 BC), The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, cf. Dating Plato's Dialogues.

    ~375 BC

    • Plato. (~375BC). “The Republic."
      • QUOTE
        • … "Well, then," I said, "tyranny is probably established out of no other regime than democracy, I suppose - the greatest and most savage slavery out of the extreme of freedom." ...
        • … "The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself." (This quote highlights Plato's belief that those with wisdom have a responsibility to lead.)
        • … "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils - nor the human race, as I believe." ... (The Republic Book V).
        • … "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, there will never be a complete rest from evils, nor a perfect constitution
        • … "At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." ...
        • … "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." ...
        • … "Justice is nothing else than the interest of the stronger." (This quote captures a cynical view of justice presented in The Republic to be challenged by Socrates.)

    for the human race." (This quote expresses Plato's ideal form of government, a philosopher-king.)

        • … "Beware the irrationality of the multitude; for the people are a terrible wild beast." (This quote reflects Plato's skepticism of democracy, fearing the tyranny of the masses.)
        • … "You don't gain anything by getting angry. You lose all reason." (While the exact wording may differ slightly across translations, this quote captures the importance of reason advocated in The Republic.)