Plato's Republic

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gptkb:theatre
gptkbp:author gptkb:Plato
gptkbp:contains gptkb:myth_of_Er
gptkb:ring_of_Gyges
allegory of the cave
analogy of the divided line
analogy of the sun
gptkbp:dateWritten c. 375 BCE
gptkbp:discusses gptkb:philosopher-kings
gptkb:censorship
immortality of the soul
education of guardians
forms of government
justice in the individual
role of women
justice in the state
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:hasCommentaryBy gptkb:Alfred_North_Whitehead
gptkb:Leo_Strauss
gptkb:Allan_Bloom
gptkb:Julia_Annas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Plato's Republic
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:philosophy
Western philosophy
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Socrates
gptkbp:mainTheme gptkb:philosopher
education
justice
theory of forms
ideal state
allegory of the cave
gptkbp:notableIdea gptkb:ideal_city_(Kallipolis)
theory of justice
tripartite soul
noble lie
gptkbp:notableQuote The unexamined life is not worth living.
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophize... there can be no rest from ills for the cities.
Justice is doing one's own work and not meddling with what isn't one's own.
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:philosophicalSchool gptkb:Platonism
gptkbp:publishedIn Ancient Greece
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Athens
gptkbp:structure 10 books
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Latin
English
many other languages
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gptkb:Thrasymachus
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