The Republic: Book One
The Republic The Republic is a book written by Plato about Socrates life concerning the definition of justice and what’s life looks like when we get old and his point of view about wealth people who inherit the fortune and the people who make them
Characters
The first main character of the book is Socrates. Socrates is the main characters in the book.
The story revolves around him. He is one of the greatest Philosophers of all times .Most of his life details coming to us from Plato’s dialogues .he was one of the first people who tried to define justice “It is unclear how Socrates earned a living. Ancient texts seem to indicate that Socrates did not work.” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates)
There are secondary characters in the book 1 such as Polemarchus. Polemarchus the son of Cephalus. He met Socrates at Piraeus then he ask Socrates to accompany him to his home where they discussed the definition of justice
Another Character we meet in book 1 is Cephalus. Cephalus was a rich, well-respected elder of the city. He was friend of Socrates he was at Polemarchus house sitting by cushioned chair. He was the open who opened the discussion of justice
Finally Simonides: Simonides was a famous lyric poet and he is the author of the definition of justice suggested by Cephalus and Polemarchus at the beginning of the Republic
Sophocles: is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophocles)
BOOK I Book 1 starts when Socrates was going home from a festival some of his friends stopped him, and persuade him to stay with them at Polemarchus’s house where the story begin.
At Polemarchus’s house they met with Cephalus father of Polemarchus who blamed Socrates for not visiting him and asked him to visit him and he agreed to visit him and said that he like talking with old men.
After that Socrates start chatting with Cephalus about question that concern everyone not only at the past but also concern
Characters
The first main character of the book is Socrates. Socrates is the main characters in the book.
The story revolves around him. He is one of the greatest Philosophers of all times .Most of his life details coming to us from Plato’s dialogues .he was one of the first people who tried to define justice “It is unclear how Socrates earned a living. Ancient texts seem to indicate that Socrates did not work.” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates)
There are secondary characters in the book 1 such as Polemarchus. Polemarchus the son of Cephalus. He met Socrates at Piraeus then he ask Socrates to accompany him to his home where they discussed the definition of justice
Another Character we meet in book 1 is Cephalus. Cephalus was a rich, well-respected elder of the city. He was friend of Socrates he was at Polemarchus house sitting by cushioned chair. He was the open who opened the discussion of justice
Finally Simonides: Simonides was a famous lyric poet and he is the author of the definition of justice suggested by Cephalus and Polemarchus at the beginning of the Republic
Sophocles: is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophocles)
BOOK I Book 1 starts when Socrates was going home from a festival some of his friends stopped him, and persuade him to stay with them at Polemarchus’s house where the story begin.
At Polemarchus’s house they met with Cephalus father of Polemarchus who blamed Socrates for not visiting him and asked him to visit him and he agreed to visit him and said that he like talking with old men.
After that Socrates start chatting with Cephalus about question that concern everyone not only at the past but also concern