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Eddy Ileto
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It then covers a topic about the guardian role and how it would mould the perfect one. It discusses about how education is important: either through story telling or music. But others are already disregarding the idea of story telling as it can lead to the false narrative. For instance, someone disagreed to the idea of story telling as it completely misinterprets the gods (from the story of Homer likely the Illiad)
— Jun 19, 2026 05:39AM
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Eddy Ileto
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Socrates highlights that women can also work alongside men in the guard's duties. He even suggests how male and female guard dogs would hunt and guard the flock in the wilds. Sex doesn't determine the jobs if their passion is in it. What determines it is that person's soul. Although Socrates does concede that men are stronger, but some individual women will surpass individual men.
— 6 hours, 53 min ago
Eddy Ileto
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Socrates argues that the balance of music (arts) and physical activities must play a part. If the person focuses too much on physical activity (gym), he becomes too aggressive and brutish. Whilst focusing on art makes a person too soft and weak. The harmony of both can give a person the ability to fight and the ideals to make a leader.
— Jul 05, 2026 05:55AM
Eddy Ileto
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In this chapter, they are discussing how to shape a “good city”. First they used an analogy of how a city relies on the expertise of each other in order to function as a healthy city. Socrates discusses how we need the farmers to feed the population, a tool maker to make his tools, a tradesman to distribute to other cities. But as the city gets bigger, it might expand to other land and a soldier is then needed.
— Jun 19, 2026 05:32AM
Eddy Ileto
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So far, the consensus is pretty great. The book in depth talks about what justice and injustice is, and how it would affect the person, community and even as far as the ruler and the people its ruling. They even used metaphors to discuss the perspective, whilst trying to figure out its own meaning. Is it goodness, beauty and knowledge? Or is there more to it.
— Jun 14, 2026 08:36AM