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Category: Book 1 & 2 - (11 questions) What is the physical setting for Plato's The the Piraeus (port of Athens) which was also Republic center of democratic resistance to the Tyranny of the Thirty Who pressures Socrates to stay for dinner in Polemarchus - the son of the wealthy The Republic merchant, Cephalus
in real life killed by the Tyranny of the Thirty What 2 brother of Plato are involved in Glaucon and Adeimantus conversation of The Republic Who is involved in first dialogue with Cephalus - owner of house Socrates in The Republic Socrates asks him how it feels to be so old First definition of justice in Plato's The telling the truth and giving back what you Republic have borrowed from others Socrate's refutation of definition of justice as: If you borrow a knife from a friend and they telling truth and returning back what you ask for it back while insane you should not owe others give it to them. What is Thrasymachus's definition of justice the advantage of the stronger in Plato's Republic Socrates' refutation of Thrasymachus's rulers can issue laws that are ultimately bad definition of justice as: the advantage of for them, so this can not be a definition of stronger real justice 3 kinds of good as outlined by Glaucon in 1. harmless pleasure, desirable for it's own The Republic sake
2. Desirable for the consequences, like bitter medicine.
3. Desirable both for outcome and their own sake What is the story of ring of Gyges in The Gyges has a ring that makes him invisible Republic and able to get away with anything.
What advantage would acting just have for him. People don't act fairly for it's own sake, but to avoid punishment. Socrate's position on censorship in The Necessary to build the Just City. Must limit Republic stories to those that teach proper moral behavior Category: Book 3-7 - (12 questions) What is Socrate's "noble lie" in The Republic 1. All citizens were born under the earth, and the city itself it their real mother.
2. Citizens have gold, silver, or bronze and this determines their rank in city Essential elements to Socrate's medical Medical care should only be given to citizens ethics in The Republic that are healthy contributors 4 main qualities of perfectly just city in The wise, courageous, moderate and just Republic 3 "waves" of conditions for setting up the 1. all men and women should be educated perfect city in The Republic and work same jobs
2. elimination of family - children raised as belonging to the state
3. rule by philosopher-kings How are sexual partners to be chosen in The by a shame lottery - but really chosen by Republic rulers to promote people of same station procreating Socrates' parable of the ship of state in The government is like a ship in which all the Republic sailors are fighting over who can steer the ship.
The people who really know how to navigate can never gain control because they have spent all their time learning about navigation. So ship is taken over by strongest fighter. What is the pinnacle of study for philosopher the Idea of the Good - what is really good according to Plato In Book VI of Republic how does Socrates 2 "regions": the visible region of what can be divide up reality sensed, intelligible region of things that are accessible through intellect only (forms/ideas) Describe Socrates' Divided Line from The from bottom to top: images (imitations of Republic physical such as paintings), sensible things (physical items), mathematical objects, forms (ultimate reality) What is Socrates' curriculum that the 5 mathematical subjects: arithmetic, plane guardians study geometry, solid geometry, astronomy and harmonics
Final subject: dialectic Why does Socrates emphasize mathematical preparation for dialectic subjects for guardians in The Republic universal, fair, and can be agreed upon by all What was the final condition to set up the anyone over age of ten must be banished just city in The Republic from city Category: Book 8-10 - (7 questions) What failure in the "perfect city" may signify failure of rules to discover the "marriage Plato felt it was impossible to construct number" which would guarantee offspring would be good Best regime in The Republic the aristocracy The "mistaken" regimes listed in The timocracy, oligarchy, democracy and tyranny Republic What is motivation of timocratic ruler in The gripped by love of honor Republic In Book X of The Republic what does building a perfect city within the philosopher - Socrates suggest the whole book might how to improve oneself really be about 2 main arguments against poetry in Book X 1.) just a fake imitation of reality of The Republic 2.) produces unbalanced emotions in individual Describe Myth of Er in The Republic Warrior Er who returns from dead to describe system of soul being reincarnated and punished based on how the behaved in life