Plato's Republic

Plato’s Life and Times

Book I — The Title and the Setting

Book I — Socrates Versus Thrasymachus

Book II — The City-Soul Analogy

Books II and III — Censorship

Book III — The Noble Lie

Book III — Socrates's Medical Ethics

Book IV — Justice in the City and Soul

Book V — Feminism

Book V — Who Is the Philosopher?

Book VI — The Ship of State

Book VI — The Idea of the Good

Book VI — The Divided Line

Book VII — The Parable of the Cave

Book VII — The Education of the Guardians

Book VIII — The Perfectly Just City Fails

Books VIII and IX — The Mistaken Regimes

Book VIII — Socrates's Critique of Democracy

Books VIII and IX — The Critique of Tyranny

Book IX — The Superiority of Justice

Book X — Philosophy Versus Poetry

Book X — The Myth of Er

Summary and Overview

The Legacy of Plato's Republic