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Socrates: Plato’s Republic

Plato’s Republic:

                          The Introduction (pages 61 – 66)

Book I 
First Principles of Social Organisation
(pages 116 – 122)

Civilised Society (pg. 122 – 125)

Qualities Required in the Guardians ( pg. 126 – 128)

Secondary or Literary Education (pg. 129 – 149)

Musical Requirements (pg. 158 – 161)

                         Summary(pg. 161 – 163)

Physical Education (pg. 166 – 182)

The Rulers’ & Auxiliaries’ Way of Life (pg. 182 – 187)

Final Provisions for Unity (pg. 187 – 195)

Justice in The State (pg. 196 – 206)

Final Provisions for Unity (pg. 187 – 195)

The Status of Women (pg. 225 – 236)

The Ideal & the Actual (pg. 260 – 263)

The Qualities of Character Required in the Philosopher (pg. 276 – 280)

The Prejudice Against Philosophy (pg. 281 – 292)

The Simile of the Cave (pg. 317 – 325)

                           Selection & Curriculum (pg. 347 – 355)

 

  • Book 1 –  Of Wealth, Justice, Moderation, and their Opposites
    Notes: PlatoRepublic Book 1 notes
  • Book 2 –  The Individual, the State, and Education
    Notes: Justice in the Individual & State: 4 Qualities
    Part IV.doc Guardians & Auxiliaries 
  • Book 3 – The Arts in Education
  • Book 4 – Wealth, Poverty, and Virtue
  • Book 5 – On Matrimony and Philosophy
  • Book 6 – The Philosophy of Government
  • Book 7 – On Shadows and Realities in Education
  • Book 8 – Four Forms of Government
  • Book 9 – On Wrong or Right Government, and the Pleasures of Each
  • Book 10 – The Recompense of Life

The Republic (Audio Book) Introduction

The Republic (Audio Book) Part 1 of 2

The Republic (Audio Book) Part 2 of 2

 

 

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