The Republic

, by Plato; trans. Francis McDonald Cornford

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ISBN: 9780195003642 | 0195003640
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Summary

Essestially an inquiry into morality, the Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Containing crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy, it is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for ordinaryreaders, who are carried along by the wit and intensity of the dialogue and by Plato's unforgettable images of the human condition. This new, lucid translation is complemented by full explanatory notes and an up-to-date critical introduction.

Introduction

PART I (Book I). SOME CURRENT VIEWS OF JUSTICE

(i. 327--331 D). Cephalus. Justice as Honesty in word and deed

(5)

(331 E--336 A). Polemarchus. Justice as Helping Friends and Harming Enemies

(7)

(336 B--347 E). Thrasymachus. Justice as the Interest of the Stronger

(16)

(347 E--354 C). Thrasymachus. Is Injustice more profitable than Justice?

(11)

PART II (Books II--IV, 445 B). JUSTICE IN THE STATE AND IN THE INDIVIDUAL

(ii. 357 A--367 E). The Problem stated

(12)

(367 E--372 A). The Rudiments of Social Organization

(6)

(372 A--374 E). The Luxurious State

(4)

(375 A--376 E). The Guardian's Temperament

(3)

(376 E--iii. 412 B). Primary Education of the Guardians

(36)

(376 E--iii. 392 C). Censorship of Literature for School Use

(13)

(392 C--398 B). The Influence of Dramatic Recitation

(5)

(398 C--400 C). Musical Accompaniment and Metre

(3)

(400 C--403 C). The Aim of Education in Poetry and Music

(4)

(403 C--412 B). Physical Training. Physicians and Judges

(10)

(412 B--iv. 421 C). Selection of Rulers: The Guardians' Manner of Living

102

(9)

(421 C--427 C). The Guardians' Duties

111

(8)

(427 C--434 D). The Virtues in the State

119

(10)

(434 D--441 C). The Three Parts of the Soul

129

(10)

(441 C--445 B). The Virtues in the Individual

139

(5)

Part II, Appendix (Books iv, 445 b--v, 471 c). The Position of Women and The Usages of War

(445 B--V. 457 B). The Equality of Women

144

(11)

(457 B--466 D). Abolition of the Family for the Guardians

155

(13)

(466 D--471 C). Usages of War

168

(7)

PART III (Books V, 471 C--VII). THE PHILOSOPHER KING

(471 C--474 B). The Paradox: Philosophers must be Kings

175

(4)

(474 B--480). Definition of the Philosopher. The Two Worlds

179

(10)

(vi. 484 A--487 A). The Philosopher's Fitness to Rule

189

(4)

(487 B--497 A). Why the Philosophic Nature is useless or corrupted in existing Society

193

(12)

(497 A--502 C). A Philosophic Ruler is not an Impossibility

205

(6)

(502 C--509 c). The Good as the Highest Object of Knowledge

211

(10)

(509 D--511 E). Four Stages of Cognition. The Line

221

(6)

(vii. 514 A--521 B). The Allegory of the Cave

227

(8)

(521 C--531 C). Higher Education. Mathematics

235

(15)

(524 D--526 C). Arithmetic

240

(3)

(526 C--527 C). Geometry

243

(1)

(527 D--528 E). Solid Geometry

244

(2)

(528 E--530 C). Astronomy

246

(3)

(530 C--531 C). Harmonics

249

(1)

(531 C--535 A). Dialectic

250

(6)

(535 A--541 B). Programme of Studies

256

(9)

PART IV (Books VIII--IX). THE DECLINE OF SOCIETY AND OF THE SOUL. COMPARISON OF THE JUST AND UNJUST LIVES

(viii. 543 A--550 C). The Fall of the Ideal State. Timocracy and the Timocratic Man

265

(8)

(550 C--555 B). Oligarchy (Plutocracy) and the Oligarchic Man

273

(6)

(555 B--562 A). Democracy and the Democratic Man

279

(8)

(562 A--ix. 576 B). Despotism and the Despotic Man

287

(14)

(576 B--588 A). The Just and Unjust Lives compared in respect of Happiness

301

(14)

(588 B--592 B). Justice, not Injustice, is profitable

315

(6)

PART V (Book X, 595 A--608 B). THE QUARREL BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY

(x. 595 A--602 B). How Representation in Art is related to Truth

321

(12)

(602 C--605 C). Dramatic Poetry appeals to the Emotions, not to the Reason

333

(4)

(605 C--608 B). The Effect of Dramatic Poetry on Character

337

(4)

PART VI (Book X, 608 c--END). IMMORTALITY AND THE REWARDS OF JUSTICE

(608 C--612 A). A Proof of Immortality

341

(5)

(612 A--613 E). The Rewards of Justice in this Life

346

(2)

(613 E--End). The Rewards of Justice after Death. The Myth of Er

348

(13)

Index

361

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