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Eln
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DAMN, I'm done with Book V.
One of the controversial parts, up to this point. I'm still baffled by the point he made about the "inferior" children, but the last part of book V was interesting; it echoes the other topics that would be in later books, which I think was about the philosopher-kings.
Plato completely avoided the question of the possibility lol. Damn it Plato.
Another month?
— 22 hours, 32 min ago
One of the controversial parts, up to this point. I'm still baffled by the point he made about the "inferior" children, but the last part of book V was interesting; it echoes the other topics that would be in later books, which I think was about the philosopher-kings.
Plato completely avoided the question of the possibility lol. Damn it Plato.
Another month?
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Eln
is on page 180 of 432
Damn, I've been flabbergasted where Socrates said that the inferior child will be transported in an unknown place, like wtf......... I know what he was pointing out; on keeping the order and perfectness of the State, but damn....
Are we even talking about justice here?
— Jul 26, 2026 04:26AM
Are we even talking about justice here?
Eln
is on page 162 of 432
Damn, it's been a while. But I've challenged myself today to finish the last 20 pages of Book IV, and it got me 2 hours and 35 minutes to finish. Onto Book V we go (another 3 months, I presume?)
I started from 11pm to 1:35 am.
why do I like starting something from "Damn?"
— Jul 19, 2026 11:51AM
I started from 11pm to 1:35 am.
why do I like starting something from "Damn?"
Eln
is on page 132 of 432
I'm too cooked to understand what Socrates and Adeimantus were talking abt in this part.....
— May 30, 2026 03:04AM
Eln
is on page 123 of 432
FINALLY, I'm done with Book III
I realized that it's been a month since I read this part, which I think was February? Damn....... But I'm done. on we go to Book IV
This is the outline of Book III on what I remembered:
-details about the education, which is very detailed; so much information (music and gymnastics)
-censorships
- process of selection of the rulers
- the noble lie
- way of living of the guardians
— May 02, 2026 02:50AM
I realized that it's been a month since I read this part, which I think was February? Damn....... But I'm done. on we go to Book IV
This is the outline of Book III on what I remembered:
-details about the education, which is very detailed; so much information (music and gymnastics)
-censorships
- process of selection of the rulers
- the noble lie
- way of living of the guardians
Eln
is on page 120 of 432
Mostly done in book III.
It's been a while. I think I'm in the process of overcoming my reading slump. I hope I can finish this next month....
— Apr 24, 2026 08:27AM
It's been a while. I think I'm in the process of overcoming my reading slump. I hope I can finish this next month....