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Month: August 2021

August 22, 2021
Republic Book 5: Women in the City–Platonic vs Postmodern Inclusion.

Republic Book 5: Women in the City–Platonic vs Postmodern Inclusion.

In book 5 of the Republic, Socrates argues that women should be admitted into the guardian class and receive the same education as the men. This would have been a shocking claim for others in the ancient world. For example, one can contrast Plato’s philosophical inclusivity, with St. Paul’s injunction: “Let a woman learn quietly …

August 17, 2021
Republic 3-4: The Cardinal Virtues and the Tripartite Soul

Republic 3-4: The Cardinal Virtues and the Tripartite Soul

In this essay I’ll examine Books 3 and 4 of the Republic and set forth Plato’s account of the cardinal virtues and his theory of the tripartite soul. After concluding his description of the guardians’ mental and physical education, Socrates observe that what has thus far been called “the guardian class” actually contains two classes: …

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