At this point, Glaucon jumps into the conversation, who Socrates describes as “courageous”. Glaucon, like the reader, is not satisfied with Socrates’ argument against Thrasymachus… Continue reading Notes on reading Plato’s Republic: Part 8 (357a to 372b)
Reading old books is interesting for many reasons, but one of my favourites is seeing how people viewed religion before atheism became mainstream. I remember… Continue reading Day 19 (p. 332 to 363): Writers in the past saw a more important and permanent place for religion in society. How seriously should we (relatively less religious societies) take their analyses today?