POL200Y5 Chapter Notes -Glaucon, Polemarchus, Omnipotence
22 Apr 2014
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The form: a conversation or dialogue (in this case a dialogue) The characters: socrate, glaucon, polemarchus, adeimantus, cephalus, thrasymachus. The text: book 1, three opinions on justice (cephalus, polemarchus, thrasymachus) 404 bc: spartan victory in the peloponnesian war; political decline of athens. 399 bc: execution of socrates on the charges of corrupting the youth of athens and impiety (failing to believe in the gods) Socrates believed that no opinion could be taken at face value. Demands rigorous examination of all convictions what he demands in the overthrow of all authorities. Socrates execution hangs over everything that plato ever wrote. Its safe to say the central theme of the republic is between the city and philosophy. Philosophy is a permanent threat to the city, where the city cannot tolerate philosophy. In order for the city to be truly just the philosophers must run it. The lesson of the republic may be a tragic one.
