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Plato’s Republic is the philosopher’s longest work after Laws and perhaps, with the Symposium, the most often read. A utopian political work, it is full not rules but of principles, a system based solely on the knowledge of good, on personal virtue rather than collective values, with governance based on education as the only realistic option. Nikos Skouteropoulos deals with these in his introduction and his thorough comments. His extensive research accompanies the original text, spotlighting the Platonic insistence on knowledge, virtue and beauty.
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