# Socrates — The Republic character guide

> Socrates in The Republic by Plato.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0005-persons-of-the-dialogue

## Who they are

The narrator and main philosophical protagonist of the dialogue, who leads the discussion on justice and the ideal state.

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