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Platone è uno dei filosofi più influenti di tutti i tempi. Insieme al suo maestro Socrate e al suo allievo Aristotele, ha posto le basi per la filosofia, la scienza e l'etica occidentali, oltre a fondare la prima accademia per l'istruzione superiore nel mondo occidentale. Socrate è una delle grandi figure della storia occidentale e il padre fondatore della sua tradizione filosofica. Nei Dialoghi di Platone emerge un ritratto affascinante di un uomo che disprezzava la ricchezza materiale e credeva soprattutto nell'apprendimento e nell'indagine. L'Apologia, il Crito e il Fedone raccontano il processo di Socrate con l'accusa di corrompere i giovani di Atene, la sua sfida al tribunale e i suoi ultimi giorni in prigione trascorsi in discussione con gli amici. Questi testi offrono un'eccellente introduzione a una figura coraggiosa e avvincente che ha pagato con la vita il diritto al libero pensiero.

The Republic, Plato's masterwork, was first enjoyed 2,400 years ago and remains one of the most widely-read books in the world: as a foundational work of Western philosophy, and for the richness of its ideas and virtuosity of its writing. This title presents a translation of Plato's The Republic along with notes and an introduction.

Plato, an influential Athenian philosopher, established the Platonist school and the Academy, the first higher learning institution in the West. Renowned for his contributions to philosophy, he is a key figure alongside Socrates and Aristotle. His work laid the groundwork for Western thought and religion, with neoplatonism significantly impacting early Christian theology through figures like Augustine. His legacy continues to shape philosophical and spiritual discourse today.

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and has proven to be one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically. In the book's dialogue, Socrates discusses with various Athenians and foreigners about the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man. They consider the natures of existing regimes and then propose a series of different, hypothetical cities in comparison, culminating in Kallipolis, a hypothetical city-state ruled by a philosopher king. They also discuss the theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the role of the philosopher and of poetry in society.