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Socrates

Classical Greek philosopher who appears in Plato's dialogues on ideal states.

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Socrates appears as the main interlocutor in Plato's Republic, driving the discussion on justice and social harmony.

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In How the Greeks lived in a New World, and utopia seemed just round the corner. How Plato, in The Republic, is chiefly concerned with what will hold the ideal city together.: Socrates appears as the main interlocutor in Plato's Republic, driving the discussion on justice and social harmony.

Later, in II: Referenced indirectly through Plato's works and the philosophical context of the Republic.

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How the Greeks lived in a New World, and utopia seemed just round the corner. How Plato, in The Republic, is chiefly concerned with what will hold the ideal city together.
Socrates appears as the main interlocutor in Plato's Republic, driving the discussion on justice and social harmony.
II
Referenced indirectly through Plato's works and the philosophical context of the Republic.
IV
Plato's mouthpiece in the Republic, describing the healthy state and the 'inflamed constitution' that arises from multiplying wants.
Plato's Republic: The Foundation of Civic Unity
Referenced indirectly through Plato's dialogues, as the Republic is presented through Socratic discourse.
VIII
Implied as the speaker in Plato's dialogues, particularly in the discussion of the Republic.
IX
Implied as the speaker in the Republic, presenting Plato's ideas on the Guardians and the ideal state.
The Business of the Guardian
Implied as the interlocutor in the Republic, though not explicitly named in the excerpt.
How something happened to utopia between Plato and Sir Thomas More; and how utopia was discovered again, along with the New World.
Socrates appears as a character in Plato's dialogues, central to the discussion of justice and the ideal state.
IV
Mentioned in a simile: Morris evokes the spirit of the River God as Socrates and Phaedrus called forth the spirit of Pan by the Ilyssus.
II
Quoted from the 'Phaedrus' to illustrate the humanist outlook of literature, emphasizing learning from men rather than nature.

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See Socrates in How the Greeks lived in a New World, and utopia seemed just round the corner. How Plato, in The Republic, is chiefly concerned with what will hold the ideal city together.