Front matter
Benjamin Jowett translation
THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO JOWETT London HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE AMEN CORNER, E. C.
Transcriber’s Note and List of Contents
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The 1888 edition does not have a Table of Contents. The following listing provides hyperlinks to distinct sections of the work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.i
Analysis and Introduction, Book I xvi
Analysis and Introduction, Book II xxv
Analysis and Introduction, Book III xxxix
Analysis and Introduction, Book IV lvi
Analysis and Introduction, Book V lxix
Analysis and Introduction, Book VI lxxx
Analysis and Introduction, Book VII xcviii
Analysis and Introduction, Book VIII cxv
Analysis and Introduction, Book IX cxxxv
Analysis and Introduction, Book X cxlvi
Other Issues: clxix
(I) the Janus-like character of the Republic clxx
(IIa) the paradoxes of the Republic: the community of property clxxiv clxxv
(IIb) the community of families clxxix
(IIc) the rule of philosophers cxciv
(IId) the analogy of the individual and the State cxcviii
(III) the subject of education cc
(IV) differences between ancient and modern politics ccxi
(V) comparison of the Politicus and the Laws ccxiv
(VI) influence exercised by Plato on his imitators ccxvii
(VII) nature and value of political ideals ccxxix
(VIII) nature and value of religious ideals ccxxx
Book I 1
Book II 36
Book III 68
Book IV 107
Book V 140
Book VI 180
Book VII 214
Book VIII 247
Book IX 280
Book X 307
Index 339
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
WITH INTRODUCTION, ANALYSIS MARGINAL ANALYSIS, AND INDEX
BY B. JOWETT, M.A. MASTER OF BALLIOL COLLEGE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD DOCTOR IN THEOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN
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