The Republic (375BC) by Plato. Bookreview.

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote many books about political philosophy and different subjects.

[00:00:09]But for the students of political science, political history, and political philosophy, The Republic stands out as the most famous work by Plato.

[00:00:20]The Republic discusses Socrates' dialogues with his friends, pupils, and acquaintances in ancient Greece.

[00:00:31]The book discusses the idea of justice, nature of the state, and division of society into few groups, professional groups, and other things like constitution, nature of government, and place of women and children, and so on.

[00:00:55]This book comprises 10 chapters, each chapter discussing different set of ideas.

[00:01:04]The book is a remarkable work on political philosophy and the nature of political debate in in ancient Greek city-states.

[00:01:18]It tells about how people felt, how they thought about organizing themselves, and how much they have interest in their life affairs of their society, and what were the factors which shaped their thinking.

[00:01:42]The coming videos will discuss every single book of the great work by Plato, and all the 10 books will be discussed, their ideas, names of characters, and things they discussed and solutions they provide all will be discussed and it will be of great help for students of political science, history, political philosophy and anyone who interests takes interest in civic nationalism civic society, civic engagement and ideas like justice governance constitution and other values.

[00:02:26]Watching this video and giving feedback will be appreciated and will be helpful in future endeavors.

[00:02:38]Thank you.