Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Republic Notes (so far)

•The Allegory of the Cave is just one section of The Republic
The Republic being pointers on the government
•Everything we know about Socrates has come from Plato
•Glaucon is a character that Socrates is in conversation with. Just a prop. 
•Doesn't teach my dictation. More by participation. Helps us come to a longer lasting understanding. 
•Theme: how much we are enlightened or unenlightened. It's only as much as we question it. 
•Allegory: an extended metaphor created by using stories to describe it. 

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