What Is The Purpose Of The Republic Of Plato

The book, The Republic of Plato, by Allan Bloom, is from from the Library of Congress (origin). Based on this information it is to be expected that this is a reliable source. Because it is from the Library of Congress it would not be expected to give faulty information to the readers.

The purpose of the book is for readers to understand how a person that hopes for justice, but at the same time fights with words of intellect and clarity. In this case it is Plato spreading his knowledge that he has gained from Socrates to others.

The content of the book shows a person that goes be the name of Plato, who talks about the man who has the longing for justice, Socrates. Plato wants to share the knowledge that he had learned from Socrates.

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value of the book is to show how the committee of thirty (government) did not do the right thing toward the people. The people that were in power did not use their power for right. All the existing states were badly governed by the committee. The value of the book is also to show not just how the government affects how people view society, but how people view themselves in society. To learn from Socrates and the knowledge the he has.
The story is told from Plato’s perspective. It is shown that Plato talks about the thoughts that Socrates had. The limitation of this is that Plato only knew Socrates for the last ten years of his life. With this we only knew thought form that time, as readers we do not know what types of thoughts that went through Socrates mind is his earlier stages of life. Another limitation of the book is that Socrates wrote virtually nothing so it is assumed that we a hearing the conversation that Plato remembers about Socrates. The republic is around four hundred pages long and is mainly Socrates’ dialogue. It is unlikely that Plato would remember all those discussions.