THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO JOWETT HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE AMEN CORNER, E.C. THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH WITH INTRODUCTION, ANALYSIS MARGINAL ANALYSIS, AND INDEX BY B. JOWETT, M.A. MASTER OF BALL1OL COLLEGE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD DOCTOR IN THEOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN THE THIRD EDITION REVISED AND CORRECTED THROUGHOUT Ojtfori AT THE CLARENDON PRESS MDCCCLXXXVIII [A!/ rights reserved} TO MY FORMER PUPILS IN BALLIOL COLLEGE AND IN THE UNIVERSlfY OF OXFORD, WHO DURING FORTY-SIX YEARS HAVE BEEN THE BEST OF FRIENDS TO ME, tHIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED, IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THEIR NEVER FAILING ATTACHMENT.