The Republic
Plato, Republic
The complete dialogue in ten books, with Jowett’s introduction, analysis, marginal analysis, notes and index kept distinct from Plato’s dialogue.
Edition: Plato · translated by Benjamin Jowett · composite transcription based on the 1888 third edition
Voices: Edition half-title · Transcriber · Note · TABLE OF CONTENTS · THE
REPUBLIC OF PLATO · Jowett · PREFACE. · Jowett · INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. · Jowett · Analysis and introduction I · Jowett · Analysis and introduction II · Jowett · Analysis and introduction III · Jowett · Analysis and introduction IV · Jowett · Analysis and introduction V · Jowett · Analysis and introduction VI · Jowett · Analysis and introduction VII · Jowett · Analysis and introduction VIII · Jowett · Analysis and introduction IX · Jowett · Analysis and introduction X · Jowett · Further introduction · Jowett · Further introduction I · Jowett · Further introduction II · Jowett · Further introduction III · Jowett · Further introduction IV · Jowett · Further introduction V · Jowett · Further introduction VI · Jowett · Further introduction VII · Jowett · Further introduction VIII · THE REPUBLIC. · Edition · BOOK I · Persons and scene · Plato · BOOK I · Plato · BOOK II. · Plato · BOOK III. · Plato · BOOK IV. · Plato · BOOK V. · Plato · BOOK VI. · Plato · BOOK VII. · Plato · BOOK VIII. · Plato · BOOK IX. · Plato · BOOK X. · Jowett · INDEX. · Edition · Colophon
I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess; and also because I wanted to see in what manner they would celebrate the festival, which was a new thing. I was delighted with the procession of the inhabitants; but that of the Thracians was equally, if not more, beautiful. When we had finished our prayers and viewed the spectacle, we turned in the direction of the city; and at that instant Polemarchus the son of Cephalus chanced to catch sight of us from a distance as we were starting on our way home, and told his servant…
I turned round, and asked him where his master was.Read it in the reading room ›