...The Republic by Plato This electronic book is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University s Electronic Classics Seri... ...ic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor The Republic by Plato is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document Fi... ...01 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to ... ...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...njamin Jowett THE INTRODUCTION The Republic of Plato is the longest of his works with the exception of the Laws, and is certainly the greatest of them... ...m and institutions of the State are more clearly drawn out in the Laws; as works of art, the Sympo sium and the Protagoras are of higher excellence. ... ...hing peculiar in the constitution of women which would affect them in the administration of the State. By all means. Let us say to him: Come now, an... ...y friend, I said, there is no special faculty of Plato’s The Republic 137 administration in a state which a woman has because she is a woman, or whi... ...is dom, which are the true blessings of life. Whereas if they go to the administration of public affairs, poor and hungering after the’ own private...