State

Plato is the founder of European philosophy. Anyone who is going to read his dialogues knows that they gave rise to the mysterious Neoplatonism, medieval scholasticism, and classical philosophy. Often people stop reading ancient authors, assuming that this will require special preparation, but Plato's dialogues are stunning in their unexpected simplicity. This book includes one of Plato's most famous dialogues, "The Republic", which has long become a classic of philosophical thought. The work is devoted to the problems of the structure of an ideal state based on the highest justice. It also contains a critical analysis of six forms of government, placed by the author sequentially - from the best to the worst: monarchy, aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy and tyranny.