Republic (Plato)

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Republic
Auldest manuscript
Teetle page o the auldest manuscript: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Gr. 1807 (9t century)
AuthorPlato
Oreeginal teetleΠολιτεία
KintraAuncient Greece
LeidGreek
SubjectPoleetical filosofie
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Publication datearoond 380 BC

The Republic (Greek: Πολιτεία, Politeia; Latin: De Re Publica[1]) is a Socratic dialogue, written bi Plato aroond 380 BC, concernin the defineetion o juistice (δικαιοσύνη), the order an character o the juist ceety-state an the juist man[2]—for this raison, auncient readers uised the name On Juistice as an alternative teetle (nae tae be confused wi the spurious dialogue an aa teetled On Juistice).[3]

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  1. Henri Estienne (ed.), Platonis opera quae extant omnia, Vol. 2, 1578, p. 327.
  2. Brickhouse, Thomas and Smith, Nicholas D. Plato (c. 427–347 BC), The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, cf. Dating Plato's Dialogues.
  3. Lorenz, Hendrik (22 Apryle 2009). "Ancient Theories of Soul". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 10 December 2013.