Plato
THE REPUBLIC
PLATO
CONTENTS
I Of Wealth, Justice, Moderation, and their Opposites
II The Individual, the State, and Education
III The Arts in Education
IV Wealth, Poverty, and Virtue
V On Matrimony and Philosophy
VI The Philosophy of Government
VII On Shadows and Realities in Education
VIII Four Forms of Government
IX On Wrong or Right Government, and the Pleasures of Each
X The Recompense of Life
BOOK I OF WEALTH, JUSTICE, MODERATION, AND THEIR OPPOSITES
Persons of the Dialogue
SOCRATES, who is the narrator.
CEPHALUS.
GLACON.
THRASYMACHUS.
ADEIMANTUS.
CLEITOPHON.
POLEMARCHUS.
And others who are mute auditors. The scene is laid in the house of Cephalus at the
Piraeus; and the whole dialogue is narrated by Socrates the day after it actually took place to Timaeus Hermocrates, Critias, and a nameless person, who are introduced in the Timaeus.
I WENT down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon, the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess; and also because I wanted to see in what man- ner they would celebrate the festival, which was a new thing. I was delighted with the procession of the inhabitants; but that of the Thracians was equally, if not more, beautiful. When we had finished our prayers and viewed the spectacle, we turned in the direction of the city; and at that instant Polemarchus, the son of Cephalus, chanced to catch sight of us from a distance as we were starting on our way home, and told his servant to run and bid us wait for him. The servant took hold of me by the cloak behind, and said, Polemarchus desires you to wait.
I turned round, and asked him where his master was.
There he is, said the youth, coming after you, if you will only wait.
Certainly we will, said Glaucon; and in a few minutes Polemarchus appeared, and with him Adeimantus, Glaucon's brother, Niceratus, the son of Nicias, and several others who had been at the procession.
Polemarchus said to me, I perceive, Socrates, that you
PLATO
CONTENTS
I Of Wealth, Justice, Moderation, and their Opposites
II The Individual, the State, and Education
III The Arts in Education
IV Wealth, Poverty, and Virtue
V On Matrimony and Philosophy
VI The Philosophy of Government
VII On Shadows and Realities in Education
VIII Four Forms of Government
IX On Wrong or Right Government, and the Pleasures of Each
X The Recompense of Life
BOOK I OF WEALTH, JUSTICE, MODERATION, AND THEIR OPPOSITES
Persons of the Dialogue
SOCRATES, who is the narrator.
CEPHALUS.
GLACON.
THRASYMACHUS.
ADEIMANTUS.
CLEITOPHON.
POLEMARCHUS.
And others who are mute auditors. The scene is laid in the house of Cephalus at the
Piraeus; and the whole dialogue is narrated by Socrates the day after it actually took place to Timaeus Hermocrates, Critias, and a nameless person, who are introduced in the Timaeus.
I WENT down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon, the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess; and also because I wanted to see in what man- ner they would celebrate the festival, which was a new thing. I was delighted with the procession of the inhabitants; but that of the Thracians was equally, if not more, beautiful. When we had finished our prayers and viewed the spectacle, we turned in the direction of the city; and at that instant Polemarchus, the son of Cephalus, chanced to catch sight of us from a distance as we were starting on our way home, and told his servant to run and bid us wait for him. The servant took hold of me by the cloak behind, and said, Polemarchus desires you to wait.
I turned round, and asked him where his master was.
There he is, said the youth, coming after you, if you will only wait.
Certainly we will, said Glaucon; and in a few minutes Polemarchus appeared, and with him Adeimantus, Glaucon's brother, Niceratus, the son of Nicias, and several others who had been at the procession.
Polemarchus said to me, I perceive, Socrates, that you