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Month: July 2021

July 28, 2021
Republic 2: Theological Critique vs Religious Trauma

Republic 2: Theological Critique vs Religious Trauma

In this essay, I conclude our analysis of Book II of The Republic by examining Plato’s theological critique of religion and contrasting it with contemporary accounts of so-called religious trauma. After establishing the need for a guardian class, Socrates now enquires into their education (376c). As we noted last time, guardians must be both upright …

July 12, 2021
Republic Book 2: The Origins of the City and the Emergence of the Guardian Class

Republic Book 2: The Origins of the City and the Emergence of the Guardian Class

In this essay, I continue our discussion of Book 2 of the Republic by examining Plato’s account of the formation the city and the emergence of its guardian class. In the process we will also investigate why the fierce negation and boundary setting of the guardians is necessary for both public and private life. The …

July 1, 2021
Plato’s Republic II: Defending Injustice

Plato’s Republic II: Defending Injustice

In Book II of the Republic, Glaucon and Adeimantus strengthen and defend Thrasymachus’s earlier claim that justice is merely an instrumental, and not an intrinsic, good.  Though Thrasymachus has conceded to Socrates, Glaucon observes that he has perhaps done so too hastily, being charmed by Socrates “as if he were a snake.” (358b). Socrates case …

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