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0:00 introduction to Plato's Republic
1:30 why read Plato's Republic?
2:00 the importance of deep-reading
3:00 recommended edition of the Republic
3:30 what is Plato's Republic about?
5:00 meeting Socrates
6:00 what is justice?
7:00 what is the Socratic Method?
9:00 democracy & the death of Socrates
10:00 should you agree with Plato?
11:00 Plato and totalitarianism
11:20 Pythagoras & Parmenides
14:00 who were Plato & Socrates?
15:00 Aristophanes on Socrates
16:00 the trial of Socrates
17:00 why was Socrates so important?
18:30 Sparta & the Republic
20:00 the constitution of Sparta
24:30 bringing the dialogues alive
25:30 disagreeing with Plato/Socrates
26:20 how to become a philosopher
27:30 two branches of philosophy
28:40 five types of philosophical exposition
32:00 two stages for approaching a philosopher
32:50 the importance of defining your terms
33:20 Plato's Republic as imaginative literature
34:20 learning to read metaphor
35:00 how to read Utopian Literature
37:00 learning persuasion from Socrates
37:30 pairing Socrates with Sherlock Holmes
38:00 the noble lie of the Republic
40:00 the banishment of Homer
41:20 reading the Republic with a group
42:00 on making your own mind up
42:30 the Plato lecture series
43:50 questions for you
