Republic Book 2 and 3 Reading Guide Flashcards
Glaucon divides different “goods” into three different classes: things loved for their own sake, things loved for their own sake and what comes from them, and things that are loved for what comes from them. Which class does Justice belong?
The class of things loved for their own sake and what comes from them.
Glaucon is not convinced that Socrates has disproved Thrasymachus’s assertions about injustice. What story does he tell?
He tells the story of Gyges, the ancestor of Gyges the Lydian. Pg. 176 In the story, after an earthquake, a split In the earth opened a chasm where Gyges kept his flocks. He went in it and saw many wonderful things, one of which was a hollow brazen horse with a dead body that was wearing nothing else but a golden ring. He realized the ring had the ability to turn him invisible and used it for bad
How does Socrates propose they look for justice? What is the analogy he uses?
He proposes to look at a bigger example of justice first, like how a city uses justice, then look at individual beings, or a smaller example of justice.; He uses the analogy of letters, and tells them to “suppose looking at a letter with small letters and not very sharp sight; then someone notices the same transcription somewhere else with bigger letters on a larger tablet—that would be a great piece of luck”.
According to Socrates and his friends? Why does a city come into being? Name three things that are found in a city.
They agree that a city is larger than one man; many people, food, and housing
What are 3 things the rulers of the city must study? Why?
Music, Gymnastics, as music is for the soul and gymnastics for the body. And they should study being a lover of learning, as learning is also good for the mind and soul
