Republic

An enquiry into the nature of the ideal society, Republic is a series of dialogues between Socrates and various interrogators. It proposes a state organized and governed on philosophical principles and asks if goodness can exist devoid of motive, obligation or supplication to a stronger power solely by itself and translate into society as a whole. The work also contemplates the duality inherent in life: the reality we perceive through our senses and the truth we can gain through the world of ideas. Although Plato is largely concerned with the definition of justice, the city-state and the just man, he also discusses a range of topics: social, moral, educational and psychological. Considered to be one of the bedrocks of Greek philosophy, Republic has had immeasurable impact on Western thought through the ages.

• Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (Hackett Classics)
• The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics)
• The Prince (Dover Thrift Editions)
• Utilitarianism
• Leviathan (Penguin Classics)
• Politics
• Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
• Aristotle's "Politics": Second Edition
• Nicomachean Ethics
• Second Treatise of Government (Hackett Classics)