1689 Plato http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K0T2XPSEL._SX80_.jpg 8 Ostensibly a discussion of the nature of justice, The Republic presents Plato's vision of the ideal state, covering a wide range of topics: social, educational, psychological, moral, and philosophical. It also includes some of Plato's most important writing on the nature of reality and the theory of the "forms." Translated with an Introduction by Desmond Lee 533