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The Republic
by Plato. Socrates and his companions investigate justice, the ideal city, knowledge, art, and the philosopher’s role.
- Date
- c. 375 BCE
- Origin
- Ancient Greece
- Era
- Ancient
- Genre
- Philosophy
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Socrates and his companions investigate justice, the ideal city, knowledge, art, and the philosopher’s role.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of great books / bloom / harvard. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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