Question

Who was the author of the book Republic?

Answer 1

Answer: Plato

The Republic book was authored by Plato in around 375 B.C.

The Republic Book

• Historically and intellectually, the Republic book is considered as the world’s most influential work on Political Theory and Philosophy.
• In the book, there is a dialogue between Socrates and various Foreigners and Athenians who tries to understand Justice.
• In the book, the nature of different regimes is taken into consideration, and then hypothetical but different cities are proposed.
• The book discusses poetry in society, the theory of forms, the roles of philosophers, and the immortality of the soul.
• British philosopher Bertrand Russel has identified three different parts of the Republic book. There are a total of 10 books. Books 1 to 5 deal with attempts to define justice and describe an ideal community and education of its guardians.
• Books 6 to 8 deal with the ideal rulers of the ideal community, and the nature of philosophers, and Books 8 to 10 deal with the various pros and cons of different forms of Government.

Plato

• Plato was the founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy.
• It was the first school of higher learning in the Western world.
• Plato was the Athenian philosopher during the Classical period of Ancient Greece.
• The famous philosopher Aristotle was the student of Plato and the famous philosopher Socrates was the teacher of Plato.
• Plato is considered the founder of Western Political Philosophy.
• The theory of Forms is the most famous contribution of Plato.
• The Third Man Argument by Aristotle in the Metaphysics is the most famous criticism of Theory of Forms.