![]() Since approaching death makes us examine our lives, it is good to have lived justly, and money can help with that since it keeps us from needing to lie or steal. Money is nice to have, but it isn’t enough to make a miserable man happy. ![]() Socrates asks Cephalus about old age, and Cephalus maintains that he doesn’t miss the pleasures of youth-he is free from the tyranny of passions. ![]() Justice is seen to be better than injustice, for the individual himself, the city, and the gods. Through a fascinating interplay of arguments, the conclusion is reached that an ideal city would be governed by philosopher kings. In the dialogue, Socrates attempts to determine the nature of justice by examining what a just city-state looks like in organization and government, and how this helps us in understanding what a just individual is like. Cast as an extremely interesting dialogue, the work ranges over issues of ethics, psychology, metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, politics, and justice. 428-424 BC) is one of the most influential thinkers in the history of the world, and The Republic is his most important work. A Brief Book Summary from Books At a Glance ![]()
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