30 - Plato's Republic 13: Choose Yourself
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast
English - July 19, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23 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: 29 - Plato's Republic 12: Poetic Sweet Tooth
This episode covers the last bit of book 10 of Plato’s Republic.
Imagine you get to choose your reincarnation. You can come back as a tyrant, a sports star, a swan, whatever you want. What do you pick? And what do you have to know to make a good choice?
Socrates has some advice. In this final episode of Republic, tell the story of a man who travelled to the afterlife and came back to tell the tale. This puts a didactic bow on the all-night conversation they’ve been having and demonstrates how Socrates thinks poetry should be written.
Credits:
Glaucon: Zachary Amzallag
Ancient music: Michael Levy
ntro theme: Clayton Tapp
Outro theme: David Zikovitz