Female Guardians | Republic Book 5 Summary

Republic Book 5 covers Plato's views on women, children, and family life in the Ideal City, and introduces the character of the Philosopher-King

Summary of Plato's Republic, Book 5

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0:00 Intro
0:18 Where Book 4 left off
1:06 Men & women to receive the same education
2:10 Guardians will have spouses & children in common
3:36 Plato insists that all inclinations & customs bend to the demands of reason
3:48 Why this is the best system
4:19 Rules of war
4:49 Ideal vs Actual City
5:15 “Until philosophers rule as kings in their cities, or those who are nowadays called kings… become genuine and adequate philosophers… cities will have no rest from evils" (473d)
5:52 Philosopher-King must love the whole of learning

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Music: Among the Clouds, by Darren Curtis

Images:
Man & woman kissing, Photo by Zou Meng on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/F1DYYm6PbZo

Woman in library, Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/GX8KBbVmC6c

Children playing, Photo by Rene Bernal on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/f0rdHx5P8sQ

Lottery balls, Photo by dylan nolte on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/RSsqjpezn6o

Ashamed man, Photo by @plqml // felipe pelaquim on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/BUkU-VhzW-s

Hands on log, Photo by Shane Rounce on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/DNkoNXQti3c

Dog tags, Photo by Holly Mindrup on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/j7RQSDAhpYI

City, Photo by timJ on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/EJ4qfFp1g8Q

Punching man, Photo by Quinn Buffing on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/2UhwQ2PnIBQ

Divided line, https://expotera-ceo.blogspot.com/2015/12/platos-divided-line.html

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