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The Republic

by Plato

Philosophy · Science

Open Library OL51831W

The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust man is happier.

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