num_pages: 317
description: Written by Plato around 380 BC. The Republic concerns itself with justice, order and character of the city states. Being Plato's best know work it has an great historical influence on philosophy. Socrates talks about justice and if just men are happier then the unjust. With discussions on the immortality of the soul and philosophers role in society.
language: English
title: The Republic
titlecomplete: The Republic
characters: Socrates (philosopher), Polemarchus, Adeimantus, Cleitophon
genres: Literature, History, Classics, School, Ancient, Philosophy, College, Politics, Political Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 198433
series: Диалози, Plato's Dialogues
publisher: W.W. Norton & Company