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Some Republic Notes

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

For my philosophy students, some notes from Plato’s Republic to remind us of some of the major themes of the course.    Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall.   Plato (428/7 — 348/7 B.C.) Only real life political adventure ended in disaster. Never gave up [...]