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The Republic

Plato

Form
Form Philosophy
Year
Year 375 BCE
Originally in
Originally in Ancient Greek
Pages
Pages 350

Over one long dinner argument, a philosopher builds an ideal city in speech to find what justice is, banishes the poets, and describes prisoners in a cave mistaking shadows for the world.

Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy
The Republic, Plato

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