Plato's Republic (Audiobook)
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It is the first work in the history of Western political philosophy and, arguably, the most influential—so influential that the entire European philosophical tradition has been described as being nothing more than a "series of footnotes" to its author.
Yet Plato's Republic, more than 2,000 years after its appearance, and in spite of the many provocative directions those footnotes have taken, still remains astonishingly relevant in its own right. It poses one question after another that might well have been drawn from the headlines and debates of our nation's recent history:
[list][*]What sort of person should rule the state? Is it ever permissible for a ruler to lie to the citizens? Should women be given the same political opportunities as men? What is the role of education in politics?
[*]Should citizens be allowed full freedom when it comes to sexual relationships and private property?
[*]Are all citizens equal before the law?
[*]Is censorship of music and literature ever justifiable?
[*]Should everyone have equal access to health care?
[/list]And these questions, no matter how vital they may be on their own, are only intellectual stepping stones along the pathway of Plato's greater inquiry—the question of defining justice itself and the reasons why a man or woman would choose a life aligned with that virtue.
In Plato's Republic, Professor David Roochnik leads you through the brilliant dialogue Plato crafted both to define and examine the issues with which political philosophy still grapples.
Chapter by chapter—what the Republic presents as "books"—Professor Roochnik introduces you to Plato's literary recasting of his own great teacher, Socrates, and the dialogue through which Socrates and the Republic's other characters create the hypothetical ideal city. It is by dissecting life in this presumably just city—the "Republic" of Plato's title—that the nature of justice itself can be examined.
[hide=Course Lecture Titles][list][*]1. Plato’s Life and Times
[*]2. Book I—The Title and the Setting
[*]3. Book I—Socrates versus Thrasymachus
[*]4. Book II—The City-Soul Analogy
[*]5. Books II and III—Censorship
[*]6. Book III—The Noble Lie
[*]7. Book III—Socrates's Medical Ethics
[*]8. Book IV—Justice in the City and Soul
[*]9. Book V—Feminism
[*]10. Book V—Who Is the Philosopher?
[*]11. Book VI—The Ship of State
[*]12. Book VI—The Idea of the Good
[*]13. Book VI—The Divided Line
[*]14. Book VII—The Parable of the Cave
[*]15. Book VII—The Education of the Guardians
[*]16. Book VIII—The Perfectly Just City Fails
[*]17. Books VIII and IX—The Mistaken Regimes
[*]18. Book VIII—Socrates's Critique of Democracy
[*]19. Books VIII and IX—The Critique of Tyranny
[*]20. Book IX—The Superiority of Justice
[*]21. Book X—Philosophy versus Poetry
[*]22. Book X—The Myth of Er
[*]23. Summary and Overview
[*]24. The Legacy of Plato's Republic
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