The Republic by Plato ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

The Republic by Plato audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

Plato's The Republic unfolds as a searching conversation led by Socrates, who is drawn into a spirited debate about what justice really is and whether a just life is happier than an unjust one. As the discussion widens, Socrates and his interlocutors attempt an audacious thought experiment: designing an ideal city from the ground up in order to see justice written large. They argue over education, civic duty, wealth, censorship, and the role of art, and they propose a class of disciplined guardians to protect the community and a rare kind of ruler - the philosopher-king - to guide it. Along the way, Plato crafts vivid images that have shaped Western thought for centuries, including a famous parable about illusion and enlightenment that challenges how we understand truth itself. At once a political blueprint, a moral inquiry, and a meditation on knowledge, The Republic asks what a society owes its citizens and what a soul owes itself. The stakes are personal as well as public: the pursuit of order in the city mirrors the struggle for harmony within the individual, where reason, desire, and spirit contend for control.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:44:07) Chapter 02

(01:18:30) Chapter 03

(01:59:09) Chapter 04

(02:31:13) Chapter 05

(03:05:05) Chapter 06

(03:57:52) Chapter 07

(04:33:39) Chapter 08

(05:13:26) Chapter 09

(05:50:33) Chapter 10

(06:15:56) Chapter 11

(06:40:47) Chapter 12

(07:18:40) Chapter 13

(07:56:10) Chapter 14

(08:32:21) Chapter 15

(09:07:43) Chapter 16

(09:47:07) Chapter 17

(10:17:34) Chapter 18

(10:43:35) Chapter 19

(11:14:15) Chapter 20

(11:53:21) Chapter 21

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