How long does it take to read The Republic?
The Republic by Plato takes about 7 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Platonic dialogue
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About 7 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1554. 397 pages, about 109,175 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 794 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust man is happier. They are the philosopher-kings of imagined cities and they also discuss the nature of philosophy and the soul among other things.
Subjects: Political science, Utopias, Science politique, Utopies, Ciencias políticas, Education
