State. Plato

Plato is the ancestor of European philosophy. Everyone who is going to read his dialogs knows: mysterious neoplatonism, medieval scholasticism, and classical philosophy have grown from them. Often, ancient authors cease to read, assuming that this will require special preparation, but Plato’s dialogs are stunned with their unexpected simplicity.

The real book includes one of the most famous dialogues of Plato's “State”, which has long become a classic of philosophical thought. The composition is devoted to the problems of the construction of an ideal state based on the highest justice. It also contains a critical analysis of six forms of state, posted by the author consistently - from the best to the worst: monarchy, aristocracy, Timocracy, oligarchy, democracy and tyranny.