The Intelligent Troglodyte’s Guide to Plato’s Republic

by Douglas Drabkin

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This text seeks to help students develop reading proficiency in Tajik at advanced level through authentic texts written for native speakers and provides them glimpses into the history, culture and society of Tajikistan without losing its focus on cultural aspects of the country—an aspect that constitutes a core component in the second language acquisition. The book can be adopted by instructors as a supplementary or the main textbook for advanced-level courses.

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Publisher
Fort Hays State University
Subjects
Humanities, Literature and Literacy
Licence
CC BY, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Book I
  7. 1.1: A Religious Festival in the Piraeus
  8. 1.2: Being Old
  9. 1.3: Treasure for Heaven
  10. 1.4: Giving What is Owed
  11. 1.5: The Craft of Justice
  12. 1.6: Benefiting Friends and Harming Enemies
  13. 1.7: The Advantage of the Stronger
  14. 1.8: The Good Shepherd
  15. 1.9: The Blushing Argument
  16. 1.10: Function, Virtue, and the Soul
  17. 2: Book II
  18. 2.1: The Division of Goods
  19. 2.2: The Social Contract Theory of Justice
  20. 2.3: The Magic Ring
  21. 2.4: The Challenge
  22. 2.5: The Teaching of Justice
  23. 2.6: Glaucon’s Lover
  24. 2.7: From Souls to Cities
  25. 2.8: Making the Most of Differences
  26. 2.9: Luxuries in the City
  27. 2.10: The Good Soldier
  28. 2.11: Censoring Homer
  29. 2.12: Gods Causing Bad Things
  30. 2.13: Gods in Disguise or Speaking Falsely
  31. 3: Book III
  32. 3.1: Fear and Grief
  33. 3.2: Laughter and Lying
  34. 3.3: Lust, Wrath, and Greed
  35. 3.4: Narrative Style and Personal Integrity
  36. 3.5: The Emotional Power of Tune and Rhythm
  37. 3.6: Love of the Fine and Beautiful
  38. 3.7: Physical Training
  39. 3.8: Doctors and Judges
  40. 3.9: Harmony in the Soul
  41. 3.10: Rulers
  42. 3.11: The Myth of the Metals
  43. 3.12: Private Property, Private Interests
  44. 4: Book IV
  45. 4.1: The City as a Whole
  46. 4.2: Lawfulness Internalized, Legislation Minimized
  47. 4.3: Wisdom in the City
  48. 4.4: Courage in the City
  49. 4.5: Temperance in the City
  50. 4.6: Justice in the City
  51. 4.7: Parts of the Soul -- Appetitive and Rational
  52. 4.8: The Spirited Part of the Soul
  53. 4.9: The Virtues of the Soul
  54. 4.10: Injustice is Sick
  55. 5: Book V
  56. 5.1: A Desire to Listen
  57. 5.2: The Natures of Men and Women
  58. 5.3: Good Breeding
  59. 5.4: Families and the Saying of “Mine” and “Not Mine”
  60. 5.5: The Waging of War
  61. 5.6: Philosophers and Knowledge of the Forms
  62. 6: Book VI
  63. 6.1: The Virtues of the Philosopher
  64. 6.2: Philosophical Perspective and the Fear of Death
  65. 6.3: The Uselessness of Philosophers
  66. 6.4: Gifted Students and the Sophists
  67. 6.5: Putting Knowledge of the Forms to Use
  68. 6.6: The Form of the Good
  69. 6.7: Every Soul Pursues the Good
  70. 6.8: The Sun
  71. 6.9: Degrees of Clarity (the Line)
  72. 7: Book VII
  73. 7.1: The Cave
  74. 7.2: Two Kinds of Confusion
  75. 7.3: The Craft of Education
  76. 7.4: Compulsory Service for Philosophers
  77. 7.5: Numbers as Summoners
  78. 7.6: Further Mathematical Studies
  79. 7.7: Dialectic
  80. 7.8: Selecting Students for Philosophy
  81. 7.9: Abuses of Refutation
  82. 7.10: Completing the Education of the Rulers
  83. 7.11: Completing the Education of the Rulers
  84. 7.12: Establishing Justice
  85. 8: Book VIII
  86. 8.1: The Fall of the Aristocratic City
  87. 8.2: The Timocratic City
  88. 8.3: The Timocratic Soul
  89. 8.4: The Oligarchic City
  90. 8.5: The Oligarchic Soul
  91. 8.6: The Democratic City
  92. 8.7: The Democratic Soul
  93. 8.8: The Tyrannical City
  94. 9: Book IX
  95. 9.1: Lawless Desires
  96. 9.2: The Right Way to Fall Asleep
  97. 9.3: The Tyrannical Soul
  98. 9.4: The First Proof- Analogy of City and Soul
  99. 9.5: The Second Proof- Who’s to Say?
  100. 9.6: The Third Proof- True Pleasures
  101. 9.7: How Much More Unpleasant is the Tyrannical Life?
  102. 9.8: An Emblem of the Soul
  103. 9.9: Will the Just Person Take Part in Politics?
  104. 10: Book X
  105. 10.1: Return to Poetry
  106. 10.2: First Accusation- Imitation in Ignorance
  107. 10.3: Second Accusation- Injustice Promoted in the Soul
  108. 10.4: A Call to Poetry’s Defenders
  109. 10.5: An Argument for the Soul’s Immortality
  110. 10.6: The Soul Without Barnacles
  111. 10.7: Rewards from Gods and Human Beings
  112. 10.8: Suffering, Philosophy, and the Choice of a Lifetime
  113. Back Matter
  114. Index
  115. Glossary
  116. Detailed Licensing