The RepublicA guide to reading The Republic with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list. |
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Allan Bloom Allegory analogy ancient Greece appetites argument artists Athenian Athens Barron's Book Notes become believe Cave Cephalus citizens corruption courage democracy democratic desires dialectic dialogues discussion Divided Line educa Educational Stages emotion eternal example excellence friends function Greek happiness harmonious Homer honor human ideal imitate immortality individual injustice intellectual intelligible knowl literature lives losophers mathematics means ment moderation Myth Myth of Er nature objects of knowledge oligarchic one's pain phers philoso philosopher kings physical objects physical training Plato poetry poets Polemarchus political present question reality reason Republic Republic Plato rewards of justice rule rulers scholars shadows society Socrates argues Socrates begins Socrates compares Socrates says Socratic method soul Sparta Theory of Forms things Thrasymachus timocracy timocratic tion true philosophers true pleasure truth tyrant understanding unjust virtues vision wants wealth Werner Jaeger wisdom women words youth