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Title: The Republic
Author: Plato
Translator: Benjamin Jowett
Release date: October 1, 1998 [eBook #1497]
Most recently updated: March 31, 2026
Language: English
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THE REPUBLIC
By Plato
Translated by Benjamin Jowett
Note: See also "The Republic" by Plato, Jowett, eBook #150
Contents
INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.
THE REPUBLIC.
PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
BOOK VIII.
BOOK IX.
BOOK X.
INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.
The Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them. There are nearer approaches to modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist; the Politicus or Statesman is more ideal; the form and institutions of the State are more clearly drawn out in the Laws; as w…