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

THE THIRD EDITION REVISED AND CORRECTED THROUGHOUT

Oxford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS M DCCC LXXXVIII [All rights reserved]

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