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{{Infobox book
| title = The Republic
| original title = Πολιτεία
| image = Politeia_beginning._Codex_Parisinus_graecus_1807.jpg
Describe ''The Republic'' here.▼
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| author = Plato
| central theme = Contemplations on justice
| elevator pitch =
| genre = dialogue
| publication date = circa 375 BCE
| source page exists =
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▲Describe '''''The Republic''''' here.
Oh, no, no. If I do that, you'll just twist my words around and make me look silly.
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Socrates's idea of a perfect society [[Values Dissonance|may not sound so great to modern audiences]], but it isn't his conclusions so much as his process that makes ''The Republic'' so interesting. Socrates is logical and methodical. He is concerned less with coming to an answer quickly than with coming to the correct answer in the end. He considers no detail obvious or unimportant, and examines everything. And most strikingly, he doesn't allow himself to get carried away, constantly pausing to make sure that his friends agree with his reasoning. This is Socrates in all his humble glory, providing a shining example for students of philosophy even today, and that is why ''The Republic'' has endured as a philosophical masterpiece for so many centuries.
[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Republic You can read a translation] at [[Wikisource]]. (They got it from [[Project Gutenberg]].)
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* [[Author Avatar]]: When you consider that no one is really sure whether it was actually Socrates or Plato who wrote the book... From a literary perspective, the two philosophers are actually considered the same person. This trope is in play with Socrates as the main character and Socrates/Plato as the author.
* [[The Cynic]]: Thrasymachus. He even believes that Justice [[Might Makes Right|protects the interests of the strong over the weak]].
* [[Day Hurts Dark
* [[Democracy Is Bad]]: Socrates believes it is one step away from tyranny. However, the "democracy" that Western audiences are familiar with is actually a democratic republic, which uses elected representatives to create layers and sections of government that act as failsafes for one another. The democracy that Socrates knew was just this side from mob rule, and could be easily leveraged to bring about a dictatorship.
* [[Fanfic]]/[[Real Person Fic]]: Most of Plato's works amount to fanfics of Socrates's life, [[Fan Fic Recommendations|but that being said...]]
* [[Fantastic Caste System]]
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* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Some of the utopia's laws are actually horrifying by today's standards.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Socrates claims that philosophers make the best rulers because they can avoid this.
* [[Yes
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