the republic book 8

Question 1

how many unjust constitutions of city and man are there?

Answer 1

four

Question 2

what is timocracy?

Answer 2

the honor driven man who resembles and rules that sort of government

Question 3

what is oligarchy?

Answer 3

resembles and is ruled by a man who is driven by his necessary appetites

Question 4

what is democracy?

Answer 4

resembles and is ruled by a man who is driven by his unnecessary appetites

Question 5

what is tyranny?

Answer 5

resembles and is ruled by a man driven by his unlawful appetites

Question 6

what are the four city man pairs (constitutions)?

Answer 6

timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny

Question 7

which of the constitutions is worse?

Answer 7

tyranny

Question 8

how are the four unjust constitutions presented?

Answer 8

as the inevitable [unavoidable] stages of degeneration that the just city will pass through over time

Question 9

in what order do the constitution degenerate?

Answer 9

timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny

Question 10

how many faults does the city have?

Answer 10

five

Question 11

what does socrates call people who live in the city w/o belonging to any class or having any role?

Answer 11

he calls them drones and divides them into 2 sorts: harmless and dangerous (“stinging”)

Question 12

what are necessary desires?

Answer 12

desires that we cannot train ourselves to overcome, the ones that indicate true human needs

Question 13

what are unnecessary desires?

Answer 13

desires that we can train ourselves to overcome

Question 14

what desires does an oligarchy man have?

Answer 14

necessary desires

Question 15

what desires does a democratic man have?

Answer 15

unnecessary desires

Question 16

what 2 other classes in the democracy is there besides drones?

Answer 16

people who are so naturally organized that they are wealthy and people who work with their hands and take little part in politics