11 - Plato's Republic 2: Good to be Bad
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast
English - September 21, 2020 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 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
Previous Episode: 10 - Plato's Republic 1a: Justice for Beginners
(covers the second half of book 1 of Plato's Republic)
In this episode, Socrates goes up against his most formidable opponent yet: the sophist Thrasymachus.
Thrasymachus leaps at Socrates “like a wild beast” and yells at him for playing dirty. Then, he tells the boys that morality is a lie and that they should do as much injustice as they can get away with.
Socrates responds by winning the argument in the least persuasive way possible.
Pod Art: Marijke Bouchier
Theme music: David Zikotivz, Clayton Tapp
Ancient lyre music: Michael Levy
Editing, episode art and social: Sepideh
Thrasymachus: Paul Sagar
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