Plato’s Republic: The Search for Justice

Part I – The Trial and the Wound

Athens silenced its wisest voice. Socrates, condemned for “corrupting the youth,” faced death while the city shouted louder than reason. Imagine the chaos in Washington D.C., protests clashing outside the Capitol, truth drowned out by spectacle — Athens was no different.

Socrates taught Plato, and from their conversations grew a lifelong pursuit of truth. Plato, his devoted student, later withdrew to reflect on how freedom could collapse under its own weight. He would go on to teach Aristotle, who in turn trained Alexander the Great — a living testament to the power of ideas passed through generations. From that lineage emerged The Republic: a search for justice, a vision of a city and soul in harmony, guided by reason.

Recorded Wisdom: Socrates never wrote; Plato did. What we read is history, not fiction.