At the end of Book 3 Socrates had just finished describing the overall, macro level, organizational systems of his Hypothetical “Perfect” City. The reason I’m preemptively separating this section into 2 parts is because I think Book 4 has alot to say. I think that’s fine since I basically broke down Book 3 into multipleContinue reading “Book Club: Plato’s Republic: Book 4: Part 1 of 2”
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Book Club: Plato’s Republic Book 3
On the last episode of Book Club I kind of got sidetracked into talking about the mental process of interpreting the book rather than the actual interpretation. Book 3 is pretty interesting, at least in my opinion, and seems to mostly focus on the idea of, capital-E Education. People who know me know that IContinue reading “Book Club: Plato’s Republic Book 3”
Book Club: Plato’s Republic: The Loyalty Issue
Usually I use this blog to take notes, citing exact lines to comment on and what not. When I read book 3 however, I was on a car ride so this post will be a little different. I think I mostly want to go over how I approach those parts of the book, and anythingContinue reading “Book Club: Plato’s Republic: The Loyalty Issue”
The Mind of Joshypoo 