Plato's Republic: An In-Depth Guide

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Plato's Republic is one of the most important works of philosophy. This is an in-depth guide to the book. Topics include: the ideal city, the definition of justice, Plato's Cave, the Ring of Gyges, the analogy of the divided line, and the Myth of Er.

All of my notes on The Republic are available on Substack: https://jaredhenderson.substack.com/t...

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→ Sources
Plato's Republic, translated by Tom Griffith
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pl...
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→ Credits
Voiceover by Allen Walker
Editing by Martino Gasparrini
Animation by Rosa Fisher

→ Timestamps
00:00 The Republic
03:27 Setting the Stage
05:44 Defining Justice
19:30 We are the Founders of the City
28:25 The Guardians
36:48 The Philosopher King
42:03 Elitism
44:51 The Divided Line and Allegory of the Cave
49:24 Five Forms of Regimes
1:04:55 The Care of the Soul
1:08:31 The Myth of Er