Republic 3

Tonight we discuss book 3 of Plato's Republic.
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[@everything...interesting]

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[@thattimestampguy]

Book 3 of Plato’s _Republic_ Republic 3 Is a poetic book AND is a Philosophical Book 📖 0:43 Republic 3: The Attack on Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey 3:40 Republic 3 6:30 Athens breaks up because it received - Inadequate Education - Led astray - Bad Role Models - Seduced by their own cleverness 7:22 Ex. Euripides _Medea_ 🎭 - A Young girl betrays her family, murders her brother. 9:05 Plato finds this a terrible example for bringing up the youth of Athens with! 10:42 Comedy and Tragedy 🎭 are filled with - immoral role models - immoral tendencies Ex. Aristophanes _Lystrada_ 🎭 11:52 Madness affects children. 12:33 Children should have good influences, not bad influences. 13:38 Plato: Greece needs a complete cultural overhaul 15:07 Abolishing All of Greek Literature 🚫📚 15:48 An Ironic Philosophical Odyssey of The Soul. 🙏🏼 17:25 Socrates, 🤔 💭 + The Intellectual Warrior + Socrates Frees You From Your Ignorance by Leaving You With Nothing. 18:29 + Preparing For Death is The Epitome of Philosophical Living 🪦💐 18:43 Socrates replaces Comedy and Tragedy. 19:23 “Because he’s just going back home to Heaven.” 🏠 19:59 Plato supercedes all prior greek literature, 22:00 • he attempts to resolve all problems of the previous age. 20:39 Platonism is a covert Monotheism without Revelation, climbing the intellectual ladder of beauty to see Beauty. 22:36 Platonic Monotheism • Getting to the Divine Through Reason, Through The Philosopher King who contacts The Divine. 23:31 The last gasp of The Good is like The Sun ☀️ 23:48 Language Collapses at some point trying to talk about The Absolute One 25:46 The Guardian’s education is the most important thing. + The mistakes are all there, ready to be made + What protects a Guardian is his education from birth to age 35 26:37 Examination. Assigned Different Roles given different capacities. • Athletics • Arts and Sciences/The Muses 27:30 _Suited to their age and capacity_ 28:29 Strict Regiment of Education 0-35 Education 35-50 Use That Education to Serve Society 29:20 Olympic Gymnastic Teams 🤸‍♂️ 🥇 31:02 Education of The Body Education of The Mind 31:30 Finding Universal Truth, unbound by culture 32:10 Studying The Process by which Living Things Go, in an empirical way. 35:13 Male & Female Guardians should be given _the same_ education. + Be quick (and effective) in doing rational works 37:14 Smartness is a greater telling quality than Sexual Orientation. 39:47 Achilles - Dumb Odysseus - Sly Socrates + The Improvement on Achilles and Odysseus 40:37 Creating A Ruling Class That Is + Benevolent + Looks Out For The Interests of All + Ascetic Priesthood 41:24 + The Least-Exploitive Regime 42:55 The Philosophical Class 🤔 The Defender Class, defending against The Wolves 🗡️🪖🛡️ 44:03 Plato assumes Human Inequality. 44:37 Optimism of Greek Culture. Gymnast 🤸‍♂️ Perfect Human Shape, Perfect Human Education, Perfect Human Soul. 45:17 The Myth of The Metals 🥇🥈🥉 46:00 🥇Gold Soul 🥈Silver Soul 🥉Bronze Soul 47:30 A Noble Lie Lying To People 48:23 Some people can understand The Truth, most people can’t. 49:36 Ex. The Myth of Santa Claus 🎅 52:07 Plato is Optimistic 🤩 + Human Beings are Perfectable + Able to be Developed + Healthy + Disciplined + Trained Into Greatness

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Age of darkness? Why?

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Globally, generally, humans have never lived in such prosperity as today.

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[@williammixson2541]

This is why we are all here for you Professor. Thank you for everything you do! NOTES: Book 3 of Plato's "Republic" Analysis: Examines poetry and philosophy's blend, focusing on the critique of Homer's portrayal of moral issues. Impact on Education and Morality: Discusses how cultural narratives like Homer's works shape moral character and youth education. Plato's Critique of Greek Culture: Links Athens' decline to flawed moral education influenced by literature. New Educational Paradigm: Proposes education focused on moral and aesthetic virtues to develop ideal citizens. Guardians in Plato's Society: Envisions a ruling class educated from childhood in physical, intellectual, and moral disciplines. Gender Equality in Education: Advocates for education based on intellectual ability, not gender. The 'Noble Lie': Uses myths to instill moral behavior in those unable to grasp complex ethics. Human Perfectibility through Education: Plato's belief in improving human nature via disciplined training and education. Plato's Lasting Impact: Influence on Western philosophy and the ideal of human perfectibility.

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[@tianac.6730]

Thank you for this recording! My questions are, what is the existential arbutus limb of being a Philosopher Queen, specifically to thinkers like Beauvoir? What is the ultimate Technocratic, and Autocracy version of the Republic? Does the Republic ever discuss the eschatology of transhumanism, and posthumanism, within a Presocratic context? Why is human nature riddled with paradoxology, and how is it that humanity is chained to the notions of political choice theory, in a riddled Sisyphus-like labyrinth of conductivity? Also, why is humanism considered essential to the Republic's teleology? Finally, how is Joyce's Finnegan's Wake most like the Republic, and what would a mereological fusion of both holistic works resemble in Aesthetic?

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Thanks!

[@whartonbizzo]

He did want to create perfect people, thanks Plato!

[@DonTheMoron716]

Will never happen. Perfect does not exist...Maybe the next species.

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Thank you 👏🏼

[@coolhandphilip]

Listen, Plato: I had a lovely edition of the Greek tragedies, but someone tore some pages out of Media. Did Euripides? If so, could Eumenides?

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[@mgm6076]

walking around in circles... so deep

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Does anybody know if the new Thucydides lecture is going to come back? I know the video had a problem but the lecture was excellent.

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Clear and insightful. Would like to hear why exactly you believe Nietzsche thought that Plato’s ideas are pernicious. It seems to me that this is evidently true but that Nietzsche still wanted to take the best from Homer and the best from Plato.

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You should do a video about your own personal philosophy. You've read so many philosophers, have you put something together from all of it? One has to imagine that it's somewhat cohesive, even if one or two ideas can't be reconciled. I consider myself a Stoic Buddhist, is there something you would label yourself as?

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I think it's a fine lesson for children that you could do evil and get away with it and that there is no justice in the world unless man made . The alternative as you see in History is much worse .

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Mr Sugrue didn't mention the infanticide and communal wives thing ?

[@everything...interesting]

What do I think? Moral perfectibility seems a better aim than moral relativism. But all things in due moderation.

[@finnmacdiarmid3250]

You’re on to something there

[@francpez7564]

Hi Dr. Sugrue, I have a quick question : In the republic, is Plato referring to the physical soul (the mind) or the spiritual soul (nonexistent).

[@Laocoon283]

What dialogue would you reccomend after reading the republic? The republic kind of seems to be the culmination of all his work so is anything else worth reading?

[@DonTheMoron716]

I’m partial to Meditations (Marcus Aurelius ) and The Ethics (Baruch Spinoza).

[@Laocoon283]

@@DonTheMoron716 Oh I meant which of Plato's dialogues if any are worth reading after the republic. I actually read meditations. Pretty cool book. I have not read any spinoza though.

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Zoom Seminar today ?

[@jamessheffield4173]

How about Deus ex machina?

[@VolpuMartys]

Your point on how words can, excuse me for paraphrasing, collapse into a black hole, is a poignant expression of what i feel, as we gain more knowledge, is heading in that direction. in this generation alone the power of words can be weild effectively by the youth to influence culture through memes. Everyone has the power to create for themselves something memetic, and have it be accessible to any and everyone

[@VolpuMartys]

Language is important

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me 5 mins after hitting the Fortnite cart

[@coolhandphilip]

Serious question: Does Plato really think that ALL human souls can be brought to perfection, or only that the state can at best maximize the number of souls perfected? The latter is clearly the case. But what about the former?

[@nickchavez720]

So Plato is not egalitarian in the sense that he thinks all souls are equal or thinks that deep down we are all capable of achieving the highest highs. As the doctor mentions, this idea of innate human equality doesn't come until Christianity. Some are going to be predisposed to being philosphers while others are not. That is part of the all-encompassing education system; to find the diamonds in the rough if you will who are capable of such a thing.

[@Helena-to9my]

As for now, if the censors are wicked, is it better with free speech for the kids? (tik tok and x)

[@big1boston]

Sounds like you are describing America 🇺🇸

[@nsf001-3]

1:14 It's way more rthen just "sometimes". In fact, it's almost exclusively

[@DonTheMoron716]

Sometimes evil people?

[@blairribeca5858]

Does your shirt have the word Laphroaig on it?

[@dr.michaelsugrue]

yes

[@blairribeca5858]

Dear Dr.Sugrue, I enjoy your lectures very much;I have been listening to them for years.I have a story to tell you about Laphroaig which I think is philosophically interesting: I went to a scotch tasting event.They gave us tiny tastes of whisky from various regions of Scotland.The mistress of ceremonies said,"This is Laphroaig,it is from Islay.Some people say it tastes like Band-Aids." Oh,gack!! It does taste like Band-Aides!!! I had been drinking Laphroaig for years.I LOVED it.Its peaty peatiness was,I thought,sublime.But when she said,"Band-Aides" I gagged.Just a word and my mind was changed!? I felt as if I had had a revelation from Wittgenstein or someone. No wonder the Woke are all in a twirl over pronouns and such. Keep up the good work.May you live forever.

[@DonTheMoron716]

What is that picture behind him? Is that a Warhol?

[@mixedmattaphors]

Perhaps then Realism is the best art format, in whatever way it could be the most real. Because that has the least amount of illusion, for people to latch on to.

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Sesame Street is the shit! And Mr. Rogers.

[@vinniemachado2630]

Hey Mike, could you have forgotten to include the zoom link in the description?

[@dr.michaelsugrue]

Unfortunately I am too sick to hold a Zoom tonight, but i will be holding one next month for book 4.

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@@dr.michaelsugrue No worries Mike, take some rest and hope you feel better next time.

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@@dr.michaelsugrue All good Mike, thanks for letting us know and hope you get better soon. Until next month!

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​@@dr.michaelsugrue My heat belongs to you ❤

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[@occultprophecies]

Would you then say that "the god" for Plato is one of those noble lies for people to be moral/good? If not, then how does Plato describe why there is so much bad/evil? If "the god" is one of those noble lies, then does that mean Plato does not want to admit to being an atheist?

[@DonTheMoron716]

🤔

[@63Speed63]

Socrates (and/or Plato) was right, obviously, or I’m born in the wrong millennium. I swam 6K this morning, worked on my feet eight hours, and am now headed to the gym for 2.5 hours of weightlifting. My VO2 max is 64 mL/kg/min (elite for a 20-year-old male) and I’m 60 years-old. I’ve also maintained a serious meditation practice for 31 years. Purification, if not perfection, of the body and mind IS possible, and I’ve used my body as a Guinea pig in the search for absolute truth for four decades.

[@TheGringoSalado]

12:42 not any more. Today kids are taught all kinds of nonsense

[@francpez7564]

It seems to me that back then, according to Plato, Homer was the corruptor of the young. Today, the holy Bible, which is filled with immoral poetry, is the corruptor of the young. In my opinion, if we are to adequately educate the Young and build a better Republic, we must do away with the book of fables( the Holy Bible) and take on philosophy.

[@christinemartin63]

Two of the most overrated "great" men of history: Socrates and Winston Churchill. Yes! Articulate, elegant writers and speakers? Absolutely. Men who achieve results through action? Not so much. It's action that makes the man (and woman)--not rhetoric, teaching, talk, talk, talk--no matter how eloquent that talk may be. Amen to Marcus Aurelius, who embodied both virtues. Tell me what you DO, and I'll tell you who you are.

[@timothywise9731]

Sesame Street is not a good example as it portrays homosexuality as normal. It didn't do this 20-30 years ago but does so now under woke political pressure.

[@historicusjoe121]

I think maybe the good Dr. was referring to the old Sesame Street.

[@efronlicht1043]

I have bad news for you about the ancient greeks.

[@DonTheMoron716]

Homosexuality is very natural. Been around forever and found in over 1000 species.

[@Ethereal_dust]

​@@efronlicht1043which is?

[@leftworld333]

You've missed the point. The idea in the Republic is that the education, through play and non-commitment to a particular outcome, sifts the young as to their best calling. An education for all, who can then be streamlined easier into the role of guardian, the guardian's auxiliary or everything else. Homosexuality has as much relevance to this as liking chocolate. Plus, you'll note that in the book Socrates makes mention of a boyfriend of Glaucons, I think it was. It was no big deal back then. Really shouldn't be now, either. If two plus two makes four in a male mind the same as in a female one, then it is the same for people who are gay. The best will be the best, the rest will be the rest.