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Respublica (Plato)
Plato's Republic
also: Politeia, the Politeia
Plato's dialogue on justice and the ideal state, which Cicero takes as the structural model for his own De Republica. He cites its opening (Socrates at Cephalus's house in the Piraeus) to justify a dramaturgical choice.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 4.16 §3 our divine Plato did in his \textit{Republic}
Plato's Republic (Politeia), the dialogue Cicero takes as the structural model for his own De Republica; he cites its opening to justify easing Scaevola out of the conversation.