The
Contents
PART I
(Book I). Some Current Views Of Justice
Chap. I (i.
327-331d). Cephalus. Justice as Honesty in word and
deed
II (331e-336 a). Polemarchus. Justice as Helping Friends and Harming Enemies
III (336 b-347 e). Thrasymachus. Justice as the Interest of the Stronger
IV (347 e-354 c). Thrasymachus. Is Injustice more profitable the Justice?
Part II
(Books
II-IV, 445 b). Justice in the State and in the Individual
V (ii. 357 a-367 e). The
Problem stated
VI (367 e-372 a). The Rudiments
of Social Organization
VII �(372 a-374 e). The Luxurious State
VIII (375 a-376 e). The
Guardians� Temperament
IX (376 e-iii. 412 b).
Primary Education of the Guardians
1 �(376 e-iii. 392 c) Censorship of Literature
for School Use
2 �(392 c-398 b). The Influence of Dramatic
Recitation
3 �(398 c-400 c). Musical Accompaniment and Metre
4 �(400 c-403 c). The Aim of Education in Poetry
and Music
5 �(403 c-412 b). Physical Training. Physicians
and Judges
X (412 b-iv. 421 c) Selection
of Rulers: The Guardians� Manner of Living
XI (421c-427 c).� The Guardians� Duties
XII (427 c-434 d). The
Virtues of the State
XIII (434 d-441 c). The Three Parts of the Soul
XIV (441 c-445 b). The
Virtues of the Individual
Part II
(Book IV,
445 b-v, 471 c). The position of Women and the Usages of War
XV (445 b-457 b). The Equality
of Women
XVI (457 b-466 d).� Abolition of the Family for the Guardians
XVII (466 d-471 c). Usages of
War
Part III
(Book V, 471c-VII). The Philosopher King
XVIII (471c-474 b). The Paradox:
Philosophers must be Kings
XIX (474b-480). Definition of
the Philosopher. The Two Worlds
XX (vi.. 484 a-487 a). The
Philosophers fitness to Rule
XXI(487 b-497 a). Why the
Philosophic Nature is useless or corrupted in existing society
XXII (497 a-502 c).� A Philosophic Ruler is not an Impossibility
XXIII (502 c-509 c). The Good
as the Highest Object of Knowledge
XXIV (509 d-511 e). Four
Stages of Cognition. The Line
XXV �(vii. 514 a-521 b). The Allegory of the Cave
XXVI (521 c-531 c). Higher
Education. Mathematics
1 (524 d-526c). Arithmetic
2 (526 c-527 c). Geometry
3 (527 d-528 e). Solid
Geometry
4(528 e-530 c). Astronomy
5 (530 c-531 c). Harmonics
XXVII (531 c-535 a). Dialectic
XXVIII (535 a-541 b). Programme of Studies
Part IV
(Books VIII-IX). The Decline of Society and of The Soul.
Comparison of the Just and Unjust Lives
XXIX (viii. 543 a-550 c). The
Fall of the
Timocracy and the Timocratic Man
XXX �(550 c-555 b). Oligarchy (Plutocracy) and the
Oligarchic Man
XXXI (555 b-562 a). Democracy
and the Democratic Man
XXXII (562 a-ix. 576b)
Despotism and the Despotic Man
XXXIII (576 b-588 a). The
Just and Unjust Lives compared in respect of Happiness
XXXIV (588 b-592 b). Justice,
not Injustice, is profitable
Part V
(Book X, 595
a-608 b). The Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry
XXXV (x. 595 a-602 b).� How Representation in Art is related to Truth
XXXVI (602 c-605 c). Dramatic
Poetry appeals to the Emotions not to the Reason
XXXVII (605 c-608 b). The
Effect of Dramatic Poetry on Character
Part VI
(Book X,
608 c-end). Immortality and The Rewards of Justice
XXXIII (608 c-612 a). A Proof
of Immorality
XXXIX (612 a-613 e). The
Rewards of Justice in this Life
XL (613 e-end). The Rewards
of Justice after Death. The Myth of Er