Our study of Plato’s Republic continues with Socrates’ remarkable insight into human nature. Rabbi Rocklin will walk us through the following questions:
- To Socrates, what is the relationship between the form of government in a city and the ideal man within that city?
- How does Socrates imagine cities transitioning from one form of government to another?
- What does Socrates see as the potential dangers of the liberties that come along with a democratic society?
Recommended Reading: Plato. The Republic. Trans. Allan Bloom. New York: Basic Books, 1968.
The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind