Plato's Republic (Books VIII and IX): A Conversation with Marcus Gibson
New Books in Ancient History
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The Platonic Dialogues
Nina dos Santos: We have been discussing books eight and nine of the Republic. Marcus Gibson says these two books may be the climax of the dialogue. The different regimes get judged, one against the other at the end of book nine. It's here in this context that we get Socrates and Glaukon's answer to the question, should we be just or should we be unjust?
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