Cygnus X - The Orange Theme (Plato Remix)
...That leaves us with the task of describing... tryanny
...when they arrived they had to go immediately before Lachesis
A model of justice and a model of injustice
A new journey to the light - and eight whorls
Adeimantus raises the question of the role of women in society
All right then. When people are unwell... - the just man
Glaucon Puts the Argument for Injustice
I imagine the next regime... Oligarchy
I went down to piraeus yesterday with Glaucon
In which case, Glaucon, you should bear in mind
Polemarchus 'Inherits the Discussion' on the Definition of Justice
Returning to every day life after the contemplation of the divine
Socrates continues the discussion
This choice of lives amoung the various souls...
Thrasymachus Takes Control of the Argurment
A second proof - the three parts of the soul: pleasure, desire, rule
Glaucon: Explain, please, why pleasure is a shadow-picture
Glaucon: Yes, he said. It is a good idea to find that out
Socrates: ...the most important branch of study is the form or character of the good
Socrates: A great prize is at state, Glaucon...for being good rather than bad
Socrates: Do you know what sort of thing these pleasures and pains are then
Socrates: In which case, whre exactly are justice and injustice to be forund in it.
Socrates: It's neither hear nor there, Polemarchus, I said
Socrates: Practice justice with wisdom
Socrates: the greatest good...and the greatest evil... in the organisation of our city
Socrates: This is what you must take me to mean by the child of the good
Socrates: What prompts the change from champion to tyrant?
Socrates: Which is more profitable: just actions, good behaviour... or unjust actions and be unjust
Socrates: Which of these people are to rule, and which to be ruled?
Thrasymachus: Some cities are tyrannies, some are democracies and others aristocracies
What would you say is the greatest benefit you have derived from your possession of great wealth?
Glaucon: The Legend of Gyges the Lydian
Socrates: The origin of a city lies... In that we are not, any of us, self-sufficient
The agreed characteristics of the city
The four elements of a city which is wholly good: wisdom, courage, self-discipline and justice
The full guardians and the auxiliaries, the defenders of the rulers' beliefs
The metaphor of the community in the cave
The origin of war and the need for guardians - soldiers
The Phonenician story and the training of the auxiliaries
The ruler of what can be understood and the ruler of what can be seen
The tale of Er, the son of Armenius
The treatment of the enemy - enslavement?
The verdict: The best... is the one who is most kingly, the one who is king over himself