The Republic is part of a larger corpus which is generally thought to include at least 25 other works (some of the works attributed to Plato are of doubtful authenticity). Beyond this, the influence of The Republic is such that the number of Western books, works of art, films that have been touched by it is too vast to list. It is not likely that students will have read any books directly related to Plato and The Republic, but they may have seen the figure Socrates represented in Jacques-Louis David's painting The Death of Socrates.
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