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Klowey
is 95% done
Finished commentary on Book X:
"The Republic which seems to give a completed teaching about politics
and the soul, ends with a return to philosophic doubt, to the conviction
that one^ opinions are open to unanswered, if ot unanswerable, questions.
In one sense one can even say that the book has taught us nothing
other than the necessity of philosophy and its priority and superiority
to the political life."
— 6 hours, 32 min ago
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"The Republic which seems to give a completed teaching about politics
and the soul, ends with a return to philosophic doubt, to the conviction
that one^ opinions are open to unanswered, if ot unanswerable, questions.
In one sense one can even say that the book has taught us nothing
other than the necessity of philosophy and its priority and superiority
to the political life."
Klowey
is 95% done
Finished Book 10:
Socrates criticizes imitative, tragic or comic, Homeric poetry. warns that dramatic poetry feeds irrational, emotional mind & breaks down self-control. outlines new poetry that supports the philosophic life. He gives the principle Aristotle developed in the Poetics, which is embodied in the works of Dante & Shakespeare. It is still poetry, but poetry which points beyond itself.
— May 27, 2026 03:56AM
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Socrates criticizes imitative, tragic or comic, Homeric poetry. warns that dramatic poetry feeds irrational, emotional mind & breaks down self-control. outlines new poetry that supports the philosophic life. He gives the principle Aristotle developed in the Poetics, which is embodied in the works of Dante & Shakespeare. It is still poetry, but poetry which points beyond itself.
Klowey
is 90% done
Summary of Book 9:
just person is happier than unjust person who spends his money, deceives, steals, lives in constant fear, poverty, and misery.
Only philosopher experiences all 3 kinds of pleasure (profit, honor, truth) ; knows the nature of true reality, soqualified to judge which life is best.
Pleasures (reason, truth) are real & stable; appetitive pleasures of unjust are illusory and never truly satisfy.
— May 26, 2026 07:23PM
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just person is happier than unjust person who spends his money, deceives, steals, lives in constant fear, poverty, and misery.
Only philosopher experiences all 3 kinds of pleasure (profit, honor, truth) ; knows the nature of true reality, soqualified to judge which life is best.
Pleasures (reason, truth) are real & stable; appetitive pleasures of unjust are illusory and never truly satisfy.
