The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BCE, concerning
justice (δικαιοσύνη), the order and character of the just city-state, and the just
man. It is Plato's best-known work, and one of the world's most influential works of
philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically.
In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the meaning of justice and whether the just
man is happier than the unjust man with various Athenians and foreign ...