Abstract
This episode is part one of five of the lecture series [HTA 3] on Plato’s Republic, excerpts from Books I, II, and IV.
Primary Source
Plato. “Republic.” In The Complete Works, edited by John M. Cooper with assoc. ed. D.S. Hutchinson, translated by G.M.A. Grube with rev. C.D.C. Reeve, 971–1003, 1052–77, 1126–55. Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1997.
Guiding Questions
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Why is listening important to personal wellbeing? (Book I; pp. 972-73)
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What determines virtue? How can objects have different virtues from humans? [arete]
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Would someone be happy with the Ring of Gyges? (Book II; pp. 998-1002)
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How does the tripartite soul relate to the just city? (Book IV; pp. 1059-77)