WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Understand some of the most important questions of our time.
How can we define justice?
What is the soul?
What education is best?
Is violence ever consensual?
Can censorship be justified?
Is there a best regime?
Can war be abolished?
Why do good governments become corrupt?
What is mystical enlightenment?
Even if you’ve never studied philosophy before, over the course of ten lectures, we’ll take you from no experience to the very depths of philosophical understanding. The course covers all ten books (i.e. chapters) of the most famous work of philosophy ever: Plato’s Republic.
THE BOOK
The Republic of Plato, Translated by Allan Bloom
The Republic may be the best book about politics ever written. Despite the fact that it is thousands of years old, you’ll find that it raises topical questions, treats them seriously, and resonates with our contemporary concerns. We use the Allan Bloom translation, and the course is guided by Leo Strauss’s approach to the study of political philosophy.
THE COURSES
Plato’s Republic covered in 10 sessions, plus a bonus lecture.
Welcome to Plato's Republic
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Live Seminars
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Bonus #1: The Republic and the Parmenides
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Bonus #2: Heidegger on Plato's Doctrine of Truth
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- Introduction (2:47)
- Education and Truth (18:02)
- "Unhiddenness" or "Unconcealment" and Truth (14:35)
- The Four Stages (20:44)
- The Priority of the Ideas (9:52)
- The Idea of the Good (6:02)
- Transformations in the Essence of Truth (11:40)
- Philosophy and Metaphysics (8:13)
- The Destiny of Western Humanity (11:23)
- Concluding Remarks (1:50)
- What To Do Next
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