Plato's Republic Author:Jowett Translation The Literature of utopias has bee a central idea of Western civilization since the Golden Age of Pericles.Plato's definition of justice and his use of his definition as the foundation of a whole system of government and society may not coincide with a modern philosophy but his ideas continue to impel us and to provoke thought on the most essenti... more »al questions of life. Unabridged« less