Glaucon's Question Ignored: Republic 519a-521b

At Republic 519a-521b, Socrates claims that each guardian  must return from his/her contemplation to run Kallipolis. Quite reasonably, Glaucon objects that they would be making the guardian's life worse than it could be. This is sometimes referred to as “the happy philosopher problem”. But rat...

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Main Author: James Butler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center for Hellenic Studies 2018-12-01
Series:Akropolis
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Online Access:http://helenskestudije.me/ojs/index.php/jhs/article/view/21