La République
- Langue:
- anglais
- État:
- Œuvre complète
- Paternité:
- Écrite par l'auteur
- État du texte:
- Texte propre
- Étendue:
- ~110 000 mots · 543 passages
Citer cette œuvre
- APAPlaton. (n.d.). La République. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/plato/the-republic
- MLAPlaton. "La République." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/plato/the-republic.
- ChicagoPlaton. La République. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/fr/works/plato/the-republic.
De quoi il s'agit
Un dialogue sur ce qu'est la justice qui finit par concevoir une cité entière pour la voir en grand, et qui expose en chemin la théorie des idées, l'allégorie de la caverne et tout un programme d'éducation.
Contexte et histoire
Écrit vers 375 av. J.-C., dans une Athènes vaincue lors de la guerre du Péloponnèse et quelque vingt-cinq ans après que la cité eut condamné Socrate à mort. Cette exécution plane sur tout le livre : c'est là que naît la méfiance de Platon envers la démocratie. C'est l'œuvre qui a fixé le vocabulaire de la philosophie politique occidentale pendant vingt-quatre siècles, et aussi la plus discutée : chaque génération y a lu une utopie ou un avertissement, selon ses besoins.
Contexte éditorial, non une source citable : contrairement aux passages de l'œuvre, ces données ne peuvent pas être vérifiées dans le corpus.
The scene is laid in the house of Cephalus at the Piraeus; and the whole dialogue is narrated by Socrates the day after it actually took place to Timaeus, Hermocrates, Critias, and a nameless person, who are introduced in the Timaeus. BOOK I. I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess (Bendis, the Thracian Artemis.); and also because I wanted to see in what manner they would celebrate the festival, which was a new thing. I was delighted with the procession of the inhabitants; but that of the Thracians was equally, if not more, beautiful. When we had finished our prayers and viewed the spectacle, we turned in the direction of the city; and at that instant Polemarchus the son of Cephalus chanced to catch sight of us from a distance as we were starting on our way home, and told his servant to run and bid us wait for him. The servant took hold of me by the cloak behind, and said: Polemarchus desires you to wait. I turned round, and asked him where his master was. There he is, said the youth, coming after you, if you will only wait. Certainly we will, said Glaucon; and in a few minutes Polemarchus appeared, and with him Adeimantus, Glaucon’s brother, Niceratus the son of Nicias, and several others who had been at the procession. Polemarchus said to me: I perceive, Socrates, that you and your companion are already on your way to the city. You are not far wrong, I said. But do you see, he rejoined, how many we are? Of course. And are you stronger than all these? for if not, you will have to remain where you are.…