Plato's Republic [sound recording]; Volume: 2

By Roochnik, David

Book Id: WPLBN0002345147
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 15.20 MB
Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Plato's Republic [sound recording]; Volume: 2
Author:	Roochnik, David
Volume:	Volume: 2
Language:	English
Subject:	Plato, Utopias, Political science
Collections:	American Libraries Collection, Historical Literature
Historic Publication Date:
Publisher:	Chantilly, V.A.; Teaching Co.


Citation APA MLA Chicago David, B. R., Company, T., & Republic, P. (n.d.). Plato's Republic [sound recording]; Volume: 2. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Supplemental catalog subcollection information: American Libraries Collection; Historical Literature; David Roochnik, lecturer, Boston University; Compact discs; Professor Roochnik delivers twenty-four lectures on Plato and his most influential work, The Republic. He discusses Plato's life and the times he lived in; anaylzes each of the ten books comprising The Republic; and provides commentary on Plato's legacy; pt. 1. lecture 1. Plato's life and times; lecture 2. Book I, The title and the setting; lecture 3. Book I, Socrates versus Thrasymachus; lecture 4. Book II, The city-soul analogy; lecture 5. Books II and III, Censorship; lecture 6. Book III, The noble lie; lecture 7. Book III, Socrates's medical ethics; lecture 8. Book IV, Justice in the city and soul; lecture 9. Book V, Feminism; lecture 10. Book V, Who is the philosopher?; lecture 11. Book VI, The ship of state; lecture 12. Book VI, The idea of the good -; pt. 2. lecture 13. Book VI, The divided line; lecture 14. Book VII, The parable of the cave; lecture 15. Book VII, The education of the guardians; lecture 16. Book VIII, The perfectly just city fails; lecture 17. Books VIII and IX, The mistaken regimes; lecture 18. Book VIII, Socrates's critique of democracy; lecture 19. Books VIII and IX, The critique of tyranny; lecture 20. Book IX, The superiority of justice; lecture 21. Book X, Philosophy versus poetry; lecture 22. Book X, The myth of Er; lecture 23. Summary and overview; lecture 24. The legacy of Plato's Republic; In two containers (23 cm.)

Summary
Contributor: University of California; Digitized from the holdings of the Open Content Alliance (OCA); Additional Subject Descriptions: Plato; Utopias; Political science; Philosophy, Ancient; Book digitized by the library of the University of California.