The Republic

'Let us fare well' | Plato's Republic, Book X

The Myth of Er, the immortal soul, the completion of the proof, the banishment of poets

Jun 16 •

Jared Henderson

'Blessed are those who produce a tyrannical son' | Plato's Republic, Book IX

The penultimate book of Plato's Republic

Jun 9 •

Jared Henderson

'The most delightful of regimes' | Plato's Republic, Book VIII

Timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny

Jun 2 •

Jared Henderson

Escaping the Cave | Plato's Republic, Book VII

All this practice of the sciences has precisely this power to direct the best element in the soul upwards toward the contemplation of what is best among…

May 19 •

Jared Henderson

Our Discussion of The Republic Books 1-5

A recording of the Zoom call

May 15 •

Jared Henderson

"Either philosophers become kings in our cities, or the people who are now called kings and rulers become real, true philosophers" | Plato's…

Today, we continue our read-along of Plato’s Republic, the latest installment in our philosophical read-alongs.

May 13 •

Jared Henderson

That all these women shall be wives in common for all these men | Plato's Republic, Book V

Thus begins a digression which will continue until Book 8

May 5 •

Jared Henderson

They must reject any radical innovation | Plato's Republic, Book IV

Virtue, according to Socrates, is found in balance. It is the ‘health, beauty, and vigour in the soul,’ while vice is ‘disease, ugliness, and weakness…

Apr 28 •

Jared Henderson

"If anyone is entitled to tell lies, the rulers of the city are" | Plato's Republic, Book 3

Socratic irony, banning the Mixolydian, the guardians and their lies

Apr 14 •

Jared Henderson

"We are the founders of a city" | Plato's Republic, Book 2

Last week, we saw Socrates arguing with Thrasymachus about the nature of justice.

Apr 7 •

Jared Henderson

"We are trying to define the whole conduct of life" | Plato's Republic, Book 1

Frustration; foreshadowing; forays into the definition of justice

Mar 31 •

Jared Henderson

And the winner is...

Plato's Republic

Mar 14 •

Jared Henderson

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