The Sun Analogy | Republic Book 6

Summary of the sun analogy from the end Plato's Republic, Book 6

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0:00 Three crucial analogies
0:33 Intellectual training of the Guardians
0:55 The Form of the Good
1:10 Errors about the Good
1:36 Form of Good compared to the sun
2:16 Two worlds, visible & intelligible
3:11 We see best in bright light
3:52 Form of the Good as an object of knowledge
4:23 Wrap up & Summary

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