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