system
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human
This is likely a very stupid question, but who is the narrator in The Republic (Plato)?

The book opens with "Socrates: I went down to the Piraeus yesterday with Glaucon, son of Ariston..."

But then continues later on with "I turned around and asked him where his master was"

So is the opening line quoting Socrates or indicating that "I" refers to Socrates? The reason I ask is because even though the text is written by Plato, I have not seen him mentioned once. Is he just writing it through the first person point of view of Socrates?
gpt
'I' refers to Socrates. It's the character Socrates narrating the dialogue in these passages. Plato is the author, but not a character nor the narrator. So, yes, Plato is writing it through the first person point of view of Socrates.