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In this paragraph from Book 4 of Republic, Plato defines justice as harmony within the soul.Republic Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPCGA67...
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It’s finally time to start getting into the texts! For our FIRST in-depth Plato episode, we’re delving into the philosophers most famous dialogue: The Republ...
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"Unpacking Socrates' Dialogues: Justice and Ideal Society | Plato's Republic"In this video, we dive into the profound dialogues between Socrates and other fi...
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Jan 26, 2022 · In a tirade about the realities of justice and power, Thrasymachus makes the following points: 1. At its core, the pursuit of justice appeals to cowards: “When people denounce injustice, it is because they are afraid of suffering wrong, not of doing it.”. 2. A ruler is like a shepherd.
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Plato’s Republic is full of bad arguments and worse political proposals and it may still be the most influential work of political theory ever. Book 1 sets the stage for an all-night conversation between Socrates and some friends that covers: ethics; politics; education; epistemology; psychology; and a whole lot more. It all gets started with the q...
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Note: this is transcribed using an online transcription service so it’s probably going to have a few errors. We do don’t have time to go through these all carefully but still thought that it would be more helpful than having no transcript at all. Clif 0:12 Today, how a book full of bad arguments and horrifying policies can still be an absolute mast...
The Academy. In about 387 bce Plato set up the Academy in Athens. This was a school where he taught philosophy, law, reasoning, mathematics, and science. Plato ran it for the rest of his life. Aristotle was one of his students. The Academy existed for hundreds of years after Plato’s death, and it is regarded as the earliest ancestor of the ...
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Feb 24, 2019 · Justice in society. Plato imagines the polity to have a similar tripartite structure to the individual. He argues that there just as an individual has a rational, a spirited, and an appetitive part, so does the polity. In a polity, classes of individuals occupy natural strata of society — the king, the aristocrats, and the workers.