Study Questions for
Assignment 27 -- Plato's Republic
- How is the just man like the just State? (435)
- What three elements in the State correspond to three elements in man?
- Why will the just man be at peace with himself? (443)
- How can marriages be beneficial to the State? (459)
- Why does Socrates' argue that men and women should receive substantially the same education?
- Why does Socrates think children should be spectators of war?
- Most of what Plato says has some plausibility. Why do you think so much of what he recommends for family life is simply absurd and odd?
- Why are some of Socrates' ideas called "waves?"
- What is the answer to the question, "Who then are the true philosophers? (475)
- Explain the point Socrates makes with the analogy of the mutinous ship. 502d ff
- Explain the analogy comparing the relation between the sun and sight with that between the Good and the soul. (508)
- Draw the "divided line" and label each section appropriately. (510)
- In what ways does the cave resemble man's ignorance? (514a)
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