Glaucon's Challenge | Republic Book 2 Summary (1 of 2)

Summary of & commentary on Book 2 of Plato's Republic

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0:00 Introduction
0:19 Conclusions from Book 1
0:55 Beginning of Book 2
1:20 First part of Book 2: Glaucon's Challenge
1:52 Framework: three types of goods
3:33 Glaucon argues for Thrasymachus' view
4:27 Story of the natural origin of justice (starts at 358c, not 258c)
6:16 Story of the Ring of Gyges
7:55 Adeimantus' defense of injustice

Reading Question: Summarize the Ring of Gyges story. What lesson does Glaucon think it teaches about the difference between *being* and *seeming* just?

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Music: Freedom in Isolation, by Darren Curtis

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