Book · by Plato · first published 1963
How many pages is πολιτεία?
πολιτεία by Plato has a median of 370 pages across 172 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 329 to 416 pages.
Median pages
370
172 editions counted
Range
196–748
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
102k
at 275 words per page
How long will πολιτεία take you?
Reading time
6 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 388 | 10 | 6 h 50 min |
| Paperback | 408 | 29 | 7 h 12 min |
Editions counted
The 172 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 6 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 794 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 748 | OL34264133M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 748 | OL34281307M |
| 2021 | Book Sales, Incorporated | – | 416 | OL33917036M |
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 418 | OL30281180M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 300 | OL29857050M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 482 | OL30238733M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 744 | OL29984338M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 677 | OL34327331M |
| 2020 | Third Millenium Press | – | 424 | OL30185327M |
| 2018 | Clydesdale Press, LLC | – | 304 | OL29807477M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 416 | OL29725449M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 416 | OL29725380M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 416 | OL29779540M |
| 2014 | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. | – | 392 | OL33551346M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books | – | 496 | OL29121509M |
| 2012 | Dover Publications, Incorporated | – | 288 | OL33990234M |
| 2012 | Capstone | – | 389 | OL25396571M |
| 2011 | Simon & Brown | paperback | 568 | OL27633432M |
| 2009 | ClassicBooksAmerica | – | 356 | OL43157882M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 475 | OL24095049M |
| 2008 | Yale University Press | Paperback | 400 | OL10319634M |
| 2007 | Penguin Classics | Paperback | 480 | OL10097386M |
| 2007 | Wilder Publications | Paperback | 268 | OL8833176M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 356 | OL11879465M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 400 | OL11678397M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 402 | OL11879507M |
| 2007 | Wilder Publications | Hardcover | 268 | OL8833177M |
| 2006 | Pomona Press | Paperback | 368 | OL11680748M |
| 2006 | Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. | Paperback | 358 | OL9732965M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 264 | OL8411470M |
| 2006 | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. | Hardcover | 420 | OL7925797M |
| 2006 | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. | Paperback | 432 | OL7925798M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 660 | OL10416643M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 662 | OL10416559M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 658 | OL10370576M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 660 | OL10370367M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 656 | OL10416436M |
| 2006 | Yale University Press | Hardcover | 400 | OL9467713M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 732 | OL7652788M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 496 | OL8870343M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 664 | OL9833624M |
| 2005 | Hackett Publishing Company | Paperback | 392 | OL8374406M |
| 2005 | Hackett Publishing Company | Hardcover | 392 | OL8374407M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 692 | OL10416440M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 496 | OL8870179M |
| 2004 | Hackett Pub. Co. | – | 358 | OL18212554M |
| 2004 | Quiet Vision Pub | Paperback | 270 | OL12238837M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 416 | OL3701345M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 384 | OL11645467M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 384 | OL11645466M |
| 2002 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 349 | OL8373249M |
| 2001 | Agora Publications, Incorporated | Paperback | 408 | OL8707972M |
| 2000 | Cambridge University Press | – | 382 | OL23156281M |
| 2000 | Dover Publications | – | 277 | OL51425M |
| 2000 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 336 | OL7742478M |
| 1998 | University Press of America | – | 418 | OL351262M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 475 | OL20509790M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 560 | OL7384017M |
| 1997 | Wordsworth Classics of World Literature | Paperback | 400 | OL8978825M |
| 1996 | W. W. Norton & Company | – | 317 | OL7453319M |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press | – | 475 | OL1428973M |
| 1993 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 400 | OL7698626M |
| 1993 | Everyman | – | 341 | OL33231798M |
| 1993 | Oxford University Press | – | 475 | OL1734039M |
| 1992 | J.M. Dent | – | 331 | OL1486694M |
| 1992 | Hackett Pub. Co. | – | 300 | OL1718781M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 341 | OL1744093M |
| 1991 | Phoenix Press | – | 365 | OL7592521M |
| 1991 | Basic Books | – | 487 | OL1637601M |
| 1991 | Vintage | Paperback | 416 | OL7699993M |
| 1991 | Vintage Books | – | 397 | OL1890668M |
| 1987 | Penguin Books | – | 469 | OL49215971M |
| 1987 | Penguin Books | – | 464 | OL7355060M |
| 1986 | Prometheus Books | – | 397 | OL2745559M |
| 1986 | Harlan Davidson, Inc. | – | 288 | OL2713368M |
| 1985 | W. W. Norton & Company | – | 317 | OL2857926M |
| 1985 | W W Norton & Co Ltd | – | 317 | OL7451066M |
| 1981 | Oxford University Press | – | 400 | OL7385759M |
| 1980 | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd | – | 352 | OL49242358M |
| 1980 | J M Dent & Sons Ltd | – | 352 | OL7592296M |
| 1979 | AHM Pub. corp. | – | 288 | OL4568602M |
| 1977 | Airmont Pub Co | Paperback | 413 | OL7931337M |
| 1975 | Franklin Library | – | 415 | OL4938837M |
| 1974 | Hackett Pub. Co. | – | 263 | OL5441981M |
| 1974 | Hackett Pub. Co. | – | 276 | OL17880003M |
| 1974 | Hackett Publishing Company | Hardcover | 287 | OL9652868M |
| 1974 | Hackett Publishing Company | Hardcover | 263 | OL8334261M |
| 1974 | Hackett Pub. Co. | – | 263 | OL18692429M |
| 1974 | Oxford University Press | – | 366 | OL20945897M |
| 1971 | Oxford University Press | – | 366 | OL14138687M |
| 1968 | Basic Books | – | 512 | OL7593916M |
| 1968 | Basic Books | – | 487 | OL7593917M |
| 1968 | Basic Books | – | 487 | OL5628695M |
| 1968 | Oxford University Press | – | 366 | OL40241913M |
| 1968 | Airmont Pub. Co. | – | 413 | OL13793329M |
| 1966 | University Press | – | 196 | OL17221218M |
| 1966 | E. P. Dutton | Paperback | 406 | OL7770218M |
| 1966 | University Press | – | 196 | OL5981550M |
| 1966 | Cambridge University Press | – | 200 | OL34406887M |
| 1963 | William Heinemann | – | 539 | OL15606632M |
| 1961 | Oxford University Press | – | 366 | OL44907505M |
| 1961 | Vintage Books | – | 397 | OL16953632M |
| 1958 | Dutton | – | 406 | OL16217921M |
| 1958 | Oxford University Press | – | 366 | OL13577063M |
| 1957 | Dutton | – | 406 | OL23239215M |
| 1955 | Penguin Books | – | 405 | OL6194987M |
| 1955 | Penguin Books | – | 405 | OL13577066M |
| 1951 | Oxford University Press | – | 366 | OL27793253M |
| 1951 | Oxford | – | 390 | OL47729506M |
| 1950 | Dutton | – | 406 | OL6069099M |
| 1950 | Dutton | – | 406 | OL16638037M |
| 1946 | The World publishing company | – | 383 | OL6500012M |
| 1946 | Fine Editions Press | – | 388 | OL48111527M |
| 1945 | Oxford University Press | – | 366 | OL23238807M |
| 1945 | Oxford University Press | – | 366 | OL43743523M |
| 1945 | Oxford University Press | – | 366 | OL26536076M |
| 1945 | Oxford University Press | – | 366 | OL1528318M |
| 1944 | Heritage Press | – | 622 | OL1921223M |
| 1944 | Limited Editions Club | – | 622 | OL6479104M |
| 1942 | W.W. Norton & company, inc. | – | 218 | OL6434645M |
| 1942 | W.W. Norton | – | 218 | OL45507999M |
| 1941 | The Modern Library | – | 397 | OL26528848M |
| 1941 | The Clarendon Press | – | 356 | OL16656829M |
| 1941 | The Modern library | – | 397 | OL6429767M |
| 1935 | Dent | – | 325 | OL20299650M |
| 1935 | Dent | – | 325 | OL17158422M |
| 1935 | J.M. Dent & Son, ltd. | – | 325 | OL6347245M |
| 1932 | W.J. Black, inc. | – | 300 | OL23349060M |
| 1932 | J.M. Dent & Sons, ltd. | – | 348 | OL13577065M |
| 1928 | Charles Scribner's Sons | – | 426 | OL6720135M |
| 1928 | Charles Scribner's Sons | – | 426 | OL46947685M |
| 1927 | Macmillan | – | 370 | OL16336572M |
| 1923 | Dent | – | 369 | OL7123134M |
| 1921 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 370 | OL7212515M |
| 1920 | Dent | – | 369 | OL26528849M |
| 1919 | Dent | – | 348 | OL21261018M |
| 1919 | Dent | – | 348 | OL23413270M |
| 1918 | C. H. Kerr & company | – | 599 | OL6616189M |
| 1912 | Macmillan | – | 370 | OL24783340M |
| 1912 | Macmillan | – | 370 | OL24757408M |
| 1912 | Macmillan | – | 370 | OL24657649M |
| 1909 | University Press | – | 329 | OL13577064M |
| 1909 | University Press | – | 329 | OL24658323M |
| 1908 | J.M. Dent & Co. | – | 348 | OL175759M |
| 1908 | J. M. Dent & co. | – | 348 | OL26528916M |
| 1907 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 370 | OL19371734M |
| 1906 | J. M. Dent | – | 348 | OL23127518M |
| 1906 | Methuen & Co. | – | 243 | OL7004561M |
| 1906 | J. M. Dent | – | 348 | OL14461861M |
| 1901 | Colonial Press | – | 329 | OL24155751M |
| 1901 | P. F. Collier & Son | – | 329 | OL37914462M |
| 1901 | The Colonial Press | – | 329 | OL6906613M |
| 1901 | Co-operative Publication Society | – | 329 | OL26220789M |
| 1901 | The Colonial press | – | 329 | OL7036728M |
| 1901 | The Colonial Press | – | 329 | OL7090845M |
| 1900 | A. L. Burt Co. | – | 406 | OL40237209M |
| 1900 | Cambridge University Press | – | 329 | OL7220301M |
| 1900 | University Press | – | 329 | OL24646782M |
| 1900 | D. McKay | – | 312 | OL17351379M |
| 1900 | University Press | – | 329 | OL24795014M |
| 1900 | University press | – | 329 | OL23329943M |
| 1897 | University Press | – | 329 | OL24990264M |
| 1892 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 370 | OL33207857M |
| 1890 | Macmillan | – | 370 | OL465868M |
| 1888 | Clarendon Press | – | 379 | OL7089393M |
| 1866 | Printed at the University Press for Macmillan | – | 370 | OL25097876M |
| 1858 | Macmillan and Co | – | 418 | OL19752663M |
| 1763 | R. and A. Foulis | – | 430 | OL21335863M |
| 1763 | Printed by R. and A. Foulis | – | 430 | OL7010310M |
| – | Tuttle Publishing | – | 240 | OL7592639M |
| – | Walter Scott | – | 309 | OL7220708M |
| – | A.L. Burt company, publishers | – | 406 | OL24177163M |
Questions
- How many pages is πολιτεία?
- About 370 pages: that is the median of 172 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 196 to 748 pages.
- How long does it take to read πολιτεία?
- About 6 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
- How many words is πολιτεία?
- Roughly 102,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).