Republica lui Platon

The Republic was written approximately between 380 and 370 BCE. The title Republica is derived from Latin, attributed to Cicero, who called the book De re publica (On Public Affairs), or even as De republica, thus creating confusion as to its true meaning. The Republic is considered an integral part of the utopian literary genre. The second title, Peri dikaiou (περὶ δικαίου, On justice), may have been included later. The central theme of the book is justice, argued with the help of several Platonic theories, including the allegorical myth of the cave, the doctrine of ideas, dialectics, the theory of the soul, and the project of an ideal city. The Republic is considered by many academics to be the greatest philosophical text ever written, being the most studied book in top universities. Source: Πολιτεία (375 BCE), by Plato, English translation by Benjamin Jowett (1901), MultiMedia Publishing (2022), ISBN 978-606-033-654-9