DE Weekly: Socrates, the Good, & the Allegory of the Cave

There are ideas and writings which are not explicitly existentialist in their nature, but to which, nevertheless, we can apply an existentialist critique. One such work is Plato’s The Republic.

The Republic is Plato’s most famous work. Written around 375 BC, it’s a Socratic dialogue in which Socrates is the main character, and discusses with his contemporaries such topics as justice, the order of city-states, and what constitutes a just man.