Plato and Justice

Outline to research:

• Plato - The Republic (Chapter 1)

• An Introduction to Politicak Thought (330D-367E / Book 1-2), Peri Roberts and Peter Sutch

• Santas, Understanding Plato’s Republic

• Pappas, The Routledge Guidebook to Plato’s Republic

• White, A Companion to Plato’s Republic

• Purhouse, Plato’s Republic: A Reader’s Guide

• Santas, The Blackwell Guide to Plato’s Republic

• Sheppard, Plato’s Republic: an Edinburgh Philosophical Guide

Philosophers rule - Plat argues that only philosophers can get and abstract understanding of political subjects.

The true and perfect ‘forms.’

Plato the Republic I