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describe the education of the guardians as it is described in plato's republic?

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What types of government are discussed?

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At whom is this text directed? Describe some of their characteristics of the audience.

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what is the tone in this book

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What was the topic of this text (what is it about?)

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Describe the feeling of the text as a whole. Include specific words or phrases.

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Why do you think Plato end the republic by invoking the myth of ER? Or what is the myth of ER?

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Summarize the allegory of the cave

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Why is it that the philosopher king is the best kind of ruler? How do these rulers arise?

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What is the nature of true education according to Socrates, especially in terms of teaching?

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What was Plato's main reason for this book?

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According to Plato what is the foundation for creating equality of men and women?

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what do socrates' questions to cephalus about old age,death,wealth have to do with the discussion about justice that follows

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why is justice an immediate pleasure

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Did Plato consider "the Good" unfathomable/unreachable?

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the allegory of the cave and the love of wisdom

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What is socrates account of the virtue of justice in book IV? what are his main reasons for thinking a just person is better off than the unjust?

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how does Arestotel describe tragedy? on what the element use in tragedy? what is the purpose of tragedy?

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what can history teach us?

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