Lecture 04 - Philosophers and Kings: Plato's Republic, I-II. Lecture 4 introduces Plato's Republic and its many meanings in the context of moral psychology, justice, the power of poetry and myth, and metaphysics.
The Republic is also discussed as a utopia, presenting an extreme vision of a polis - Kallipolis - Plato's ideal city.
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Lecture 04 - Philosophers and Kings: Plato's Republic, I-II
Time
Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00]
1. Introduction
[00:03:04]
2. What Is Plato's "Republic" About?
[00:17:38]
3. I Went Down to the Piraeus
[00:22:05]
4. The Seventh Letter
[00:30:00]
5. Analyzing the Beginning of "Republic" and the Hierarchy of Characters