THE Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them. There are nearer approaches to modern metaphysics in the Philebus and in the Sophist; the Politicus or Statesman is more ideal; the form and institutions of the State are more clearly drawn out in the Laws; as works of art, the Symposium and the Protagoras are of higher excellence. But no other Dialogue of Plato has the same largeness of view and the same perfection of style; no other shows an equal knowledge of the world, or contains more of those thoughts which are new as well as old, and not of one age only but of all. Nowhere in Plato is there a deeper irony or a greater wealth of humor or imagery, or more dramatic power. Nor in any other of his writings is the attempt made to interweave life and speculation, or to connect politics with philosophy. The Republic is the centre around which the other Dialogues may be grouped; here philosophy reaches the highest point to which ancient thinkers ever attained.
The Republic
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The Complete Plato
The Republic
Laws
Summary of The Republic
Charmides : A Philosophical Discussion on Temperance – Exploring the Meaning of Inner Peace
Timaeus : Plato’s Vision of the Cosmos – A Dialogue on Creation, Nature, and the Divine Mind
Statesman : Leadership, Politics, and the Art of Rule – Plato’s Vision of the Ideal Statesman
Ion : Inspiration and Art – Plato’s Dialogue on Poets, Prophets, and Divine Madness
Hippias Minor : A Dialogue on Lying and Intention – Can the Better Man Do Wrong on Purpose?
Laws : Plato’s Final Political Work – Justice, Government, and the Ideal Legal Order
Clitophon : The Unfinished Conversation – Plato’s Mysterious and Brief Challenge to Socrates’ Teaching
Minos : What Is Law? – Plato’s Fragmentary Dialogue on Justice and Political Philosophy