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The Republic

by Plato (428–348 BCE)

11 chapters, about 209,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. 93,600 words
2. BOOK I. 11,700 words
3. BOOK II. 10,100 words
4. BOOK III. 13,100 words
5. BOOK IV. 11,200 words
6. BOOK V. 13,900 words
7. BOOK VI. 11,600 words
8. BOOK VII. 11,500 words
9. BOOK VIII. 11,300 words
10. BOOK IX. 8,900 words
11. BOOK X. 11,600 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Income tax
• Justice
• Oligarchy
• Orpheus
• Sophia (wisdom)
• Tyrant
• Utilitarianism

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