Introduction
The Life of Plato
The Crito
The
Phaedo
The
Phaedrus
The
Symposium
The
Republic
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The Republic
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This translation of Plato's Republic was prepared by Benjamin
Jowett and first published in 1871. It has been edited to reflect modern
spelling and usage.
Stephanus
numbers have also been added and hyperlinked to the Greek
edition of this text available at the Perseus Project.
This particular edition of Jowett's translation has been divided into
the units suggested by Francis Cornford in his translation, The
Republic of Plato (Oxford, 1945). In addition to being helpful for
understanding the argument of the Republic, Cornford's division of
the text facilitates study at a computer terminal. The wording used in the
section titles below is also Cornford's. Even so, material has not been
cut from the Jowett translation to make it match Cornford's emendations.
The text is complete.
Those who prefer the traditional division of the Republic into
books will find it helpful to know that Book One begins at 327a,
Book Two at 357a,
Book Three at 386a,
Book Four at 419a,
Book Five at 449a,
Book Six at 484a,
Book Seven at 514a,
Book Eight at 543a,
Book Nine at 571a
and Book Ten at 595a.
Part I. Some Current Views of Justice
Part II. Justice in the State and in the Individual
Part II (Appendix). The Position of Women and the Usages of War
Part III. The Philosopher King
Part IV. The Decline of Society and of the Soul. Comparison of
the Just and Unjust Lives
Part V. The Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry
Part VI. Immortality and the Rewards of Justice
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