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Plato's Republic by Plato in english

Plato's Republic is a Socratic dialogue which deals mainly with the definition of justice, the characteristics of a just city state and the just man. Although it was written more than two thousand years ago, many of the ideas and thoughts expounded here are still very much relevant to modern society. This is Plato's best known work and is also considered his most influential especially when it comes to the fields of philosophy and political theory. The Republic is divided into ten books and in each book Socrates discusses different topics from the immortality of the soul to the meaning of justice with his disciples like Glaucon, Thrasymachus, Adeimantus and others. The first two books focus on justice and its meaning. After hearing the arguments of his disciples, Socrates made a very enlightening statement when he said that it's the advantage of a person to be just and it's his disadvantage to be unjust. A statement like this can be very much true today as it is thousands of years ago. After that, they continued their discussions about education and the guardian class. I'm sure many have already heard about the guardians, in this book Socrates referred to them as the ideal rulers of an ideal city. Book eight of the The Republic discusses the different types of government, some of which we're familiar with today. Socrates referred to the different types of governments as timocracy, oligarchy, democracy and tyranny. It's interesting to note that he considered these types of governments including democracy as unjust. He said that in a democracy there's a strong tendency for the poor people to revolt against the rich class because the rich enjoy too much freedom in this kind of government. This work by Plato is a timeless classic and it laid the ground work for many important modern philosophical and political ideas. This book is definitely a good read especially to political science or law students and the philosopher in all of us.

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41 Episodes

Part119minsApr 27,2020

01 – Introduction pt 1

Part222minsApr 26,2020

02 – Introduction pt 2

Part319minsApr 25,2020

03 – Bk 1 pt 1

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04 – Bk 1 pt 2

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05 – Bk 1 pt 3

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06 – Bk 1 pt 4

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07 – Bk 2 pt 1

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11 – Bk 3 pt 1

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14 – Bk 3 pt 4

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15 – Bk 4 pt 1

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16 – Bk 4 pt 2

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17 – Bk 4 pt 3

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18 – Bk 4 pt 4

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21 – Bk 5 pt 3

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23 – Bk 6 pt 1

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26 – Bk 6 pt 4

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27 – Bk 7 pt 1

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29 – Bk 7 pt 3

Part3020minsMar 29,2020

30 – Bk 7 pt 4

Part3118minsMar 28,2020

31 – Bk 8 pt 1

Part3218minsMar 27,2020

32 – Bk 8 pt 2

Part3317minsMar 26,2020

33 – Bk 8 pt 3

Part3415minsMar 25,2020

34 – Bk 8 pt 4

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35 – Bk 9 pt 1

Part3617minsMar 23,2020

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37 – Bk 9 pt 3

Part3820minsMar 21,2020

38 – Bk 1 pt 10

Part3923minsMar 20,2020

39 – Bk 10 pt 2

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40 – Bk 10 pt 3

Part4119minsMar 18,2020

41 – Bk 10 pt 4

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Plato's Republic is a Socratic dialogue which deals mainly with the definition of justice, the characteristics of a just city state and the just man. Although it was written more than two thousand years ago, many of the ideas and thoughts expounded here are still very much relevant to modern society. This is Plato's best known work and is also considered his most influential especially when it comes to the fields of philosophy and political theory. The Republic is divided into ten books and in each book Socrates discusses different topics from the immortality of the soul to the meaning of justice with his disciples like Glaucon, Thrasymachus, Adeimantus and others. The first two books focus on justice and its meaning. After hearing the arguments of his disciples, Socrates made a very enlightening statement when he said that it's the advantage of a person to be just and it's his disadvantage to be unjust. A statement like this can be very much true today as it is thousands of years ago. After that, they continued their discussions about education and the guardian class. I'm sure many have already heard about the guardians, in this book Socrates referred to them as the ideal rulers of an ideal city. Book eight of the The Republic discusses the different types of government, some of which we're familiar with today. Socrates referred to the different types of governments as timocracy, oligarchy, democracy and tyranny. It's interesting to note that he considered these types of governments including democracy as unjust. He said that in a democracy there's a strong tendency for the poor people to revolt against the rich class because the rich enjoy too much freedom in this kind of government. This work by Plato is a timeless classic and it laid the ground work for many important modern philosophical and political ideas. This book is definitely a good read especially to political science or law students and the philosopher in all of us.