Plato · -380 · Philosophy
Socrates sits down with a group of Athenians and develops a vision of a just city and a just soul over the course of a long evening. The Socratic method — question, definition, refutation — is on full display. The foundational text of Western political philosophy, covering justice, education, the nature of knowledge, and why democracy tends toward tyranny.
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