Written by Plato around 380 BC. The Republic concerns itself with justice, order and character of the city states. Being Plato's best know work it has an great historical influence on philosophy. Socrates talks about justice and if just men are happier then the unjust. With discussions on the immortality of the soul and philosophers role in society.
 
Plato (428-348 BCE) was a philosopher and mathematician in ancient Greece. A student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle, his Academy was one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely regarded as the father of modern philosophy.
 
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