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Plato's Republic
is one of the most prominent books that contributed to the development of political thought, as the concept of justice developed by Plato about forty years before Christ is quoted. This book was translated into Arabic by "Hanna Khabbaz"

It is a political philosophical dialogue that reflects Plato's vision of the ideal state or what is known as the Socratic ideal city.

In this book, Plato presents different characters who converse with Socrates and exchange views, which contributes to clarifying the features of the ideal republic he imagines. Plato's model of society includes a functional distribution for each individual and a balance between the three forces: rationality, anger, and lust.

The book also deals with different types of governments, such as aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and despotism, in contrast to the concept of the just ruler and the tyrannical ruler.

Despite his reference to constitutional monarchy, Plato acknowledges the difficulty of achieving absolute justice.