Plato’s Republic
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Plato’s Republic is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between July 14, 2023 and January 10, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “Have you read Plato’s Republic?”; “Plato’s Republic might be a response to Cyropaedia or vice versa”. It most often appears alongside Herodotus, Plato, Socrates.
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- Category: Books
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: July 14, 2023
- Last seen: January 10, 2024
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
...o, Egan answers — and it can’t be. There’s a fatal flaw baked into this whole recapitulation theory: the kinds of understanding want to destroy each other. Have you read Plato’s Republic ? His plan for building an enlightened society was to kick out all the poets, storytellers, and actors — more than anyone before him, Plato recognized that the tools of...
...ified to know things about Cyrus. He was a member of Socrates’ inner circle along with Plato, making him potentially qualified to know things about political philosophy (Plato’s Republic might be a response to Cyropaedia or vice versa; classicists aren’t sure). Cyropaedia consists of eight books, exploring themes like: Who Even Were The Persians? This qu...
...ified to know things about Cyrus. He was a member of Socrates’ inner circle along with Plato, making him potentially qualified to know things about political philosophy (Plato’s Republic might be a response to Cyropaedia or vice versa; classicists aren’t sure). Cyropaedia consists of eight books, exploring themes like: Who Even Were The Persians? This question has bothered me for a long time. Lots of...