10 - Plato's Republic 1: Justice for Beginners
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast
English - September 07, 2020 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBPhilosophy Society & Culture Education philosophy political theory history politics plato political philosophy aristotle history of ideas political thought theory Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Plato’s Republic is full of bad arguments and worse political proposals and it may still be the most influential work of political theory ever.
Book 1 sets the stage for an all-night conversation between Socrates and some friends that covers: ethics; politics; education; epistemology; psychology; and a whole lot more.
It all gets started with the question “what is justice?”
Pod art: Marijke Bouchier
Theme music: David Zikotivz, Clayton Tapp
Ancient lyre music: Michael Levy on Spotify
Editing, episode art and social: Sepideh
Cephalus: Andrew Fleming
Polemarchus: Elliott Chambers