Status Updates From The Republic

Eu re banco lo que dice Adimanto (no sostiene que esté bien, pero dice que es la lógica de la sociedad:
¿Cómo pretendemos que la gente ame la justicia, si desde chica le enseñamos que lo valioso no es ser justa, sino parecerlo y recibir premios? “¿Para qué voy a ser realmente justo, si puedo obtener todas sus ventajas aparentando serlo y, al mismo tiempo, disfrutar de los beneficios de la injusticia?”

Glaucón plantea: ¿Seguirías siendo justa si tuvieras la certeza absoluta de que nadie descubrirá lo que hiciste?
¿la justicia sigue siendo mejor cuando te arruina la vida exteriormente, y si la injusticia sigue siendo mala cuando te da absolutamente todo lo que querés?

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This one is by far the most boring one, yet nearing the end, in the tyranny explanation, all of them are the exact same things happening in Indonesia WTHHHHH I'm laughing so hard ngl.

In short, the ultimate city is a city that loves virtue; once the target deviates, it degenerates into:
1. Timocracy (honour)
2. Oligarchy (property)
3. Democracy (liberty)
4. Tyranny (demagogue)

Kinda Polybius' Anacyclosis

This one is goated but I might be mistaking many stuff. However, I love this book because it emphasize the importance of education and how, after one is liberated, should one contribute back to the overall happiness of the just "city". This book talks about math as compulsory study and dialectic as the highest form of study. I can't help thinking Socrates perfect with the woman empowerment quote in the end. 3/4 done!

This one is about why philosophers are rejected in society today, which is mainly caused by bad environment (and concept of rulers).

The Form is also explained here with the Sun simile, but I think I need to revisit this because damn, it is kinda difficult to wrap my head around the concept.

Thankfully, book VIII would have The Allegory o The Cave, which I have understood! Excited for the next book!

Dogs are true philosophers, because they distinguish a friend and a foe by the sole criterion of knowing and not knowing.

According to Plato.