The New Thinkery cover image

Introduction to Plato's Republic | The New Thinkery Ep. 67

The New Thinkery

00:00

You Can't Not Talk About Incest. You Don't.

Socrates was trying to train a warrior class in his Greek text. The idea is that they're going to get this overly martial education. And so this leaves open the prospect of there might be incest in the regime. But Alex has mentioned a couple of times eugenics from a strictly rational order point of view.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app