Shadows of Justice | A Close Reading of Plato's Republic

Описание: Everyone has a sense of what is just and unjust, but what is the source of justice? In this episode of "The Politics of Paganism," Alex Denley and Dr. Andrew Willard Jones discuss Plato's "Republic." Through a discussion of the luxurious city, the myth of the mixture of the elements, the Allegory of the Cave, and finally the Philosopher-King, Alex and Andrew show the tension in Plato between relative and absolute justice; between the shadows of justice in the city and true justice that the philosopher contemplates.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:08 Friends and Enemies
6:50 The Need to Ground Justice
9:40 Might Makes Right
20:40 Infinite Regress of Justice as Power
26:00 The City of Pigs
30:00 The Luxurious City
35:00 The Need for War
40:00 Conflict Outside, Unity Inside
48:00 Justice as Unity
58:40 Recap
1:01:00 How to Unite the Classes?
1:05:00 The Myth of the Elements
1:09:00 Who makes the Noble Lie?
1:13:00 The Philosopher-King
1:15:00 The Allegory of the Cave
1:20:00 Who Drags the Philosopher Out?
1:34:00 Philosophers in the Tragic City
1:43:00 The Cynical or the Pious?
1:51:00 Justice in the Soul