Not all texts can be understood without a more thorough treatment, and in our quest to read the Great Books of the Western World, The Republic is undoubtedly one of those texts.
In this mini-series, we'll take a much closer look at The Republic than we did at the introductory works. Along the way, sharing whatever we find within.
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Why define words?
2:20 The wisdom of the elderly
3:45 Defining 'Justice'
5:28 Appealing to a higher standard
7:29 A Fictional City
9:30 Concluding thoughts
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Links from the Video
The Dialogues of Plato eBook(Free): https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/plato/dialogues/benjamin-jowett
The Republic (Online Free): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1497
Great Books of the Western World: https://thinkingwest.com/encyclopedia-britannicas-great-books-of-the-western-world/