The Republic · ¶3

Several editions of Jowett’s translation of Plato’s Republic were published in his lifetime, and many since. This text attempts to capture all that is of value in the early versions. It is based largely on the third edition, “revised and corrected throughout,” of 1888, but incorporating the complete Stephanus numbering that is found only in a two-volume version published in 1908. Sources gratefully exploited include an earlier Project Gutenberg version (#1497), an html version at the Online Library of Liberty, the Internet Archive (file of the 1888 edition: a604578400platuoft.pdf; volume 1 of the 1908 edition, in.ernet.dli.2015.223394, volume 2, in.ernet.dli.2015.223395), reference material at Distributed Proofreaders, and Wikimedia Commons.

Plato · translated by Benjamin Jowett · composite transcription based on the 1888 third edition
Benjamin Jowett, revised third edition (1888), with Stephanus numbering from the 1908 edition; composite transcription, Project Gutenberg #55201
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