On a feast day at Piraeus, the port of Athens, Socrates and his friends ask what justice is, and whether the just man is happier than the unjust one. To answer, Socrates imagines an ideal city ruled by philosophers. This is where he tells the famous allegory of the cave: chained prisoners take shadows on a wall for reality.
For more than two thousand years, this book has fed debates on power, education and truth. It still helps us ask who should govern, and why.
With the translation always in front of you, you can read this great dialogue in the language you are learning.
