Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. David Roochnik, lecturer, Boston University Compact discs In two containers (23 cm.) Professor Roochnik delivers twenty-four lectures on Plato and his most influential work, The Republic. He discusses Plato's life and the times he lived in; anaylzes each of the ten books comprising The Republic; and provides commentary on Plato's legacy pt. 1. lecture 1. Plato's life and times ; lecture 2. Book I, The title and the setting ; lecture 3. Book I, Socrates versus Thrasymachus ; lecture 4. Book II, The city-soul analogy ; lecture 5. Books II and III, Censorship ; lecture 6. Book III, The noble lie ; lecture 7. Book III, Socrates's medical ethics ; lecture 8. Book IV, Justice in the city and soul ; lecture 9. Book V, Feminism ; lecture 10. Book V, Who is the philosopher? ; lecture 11. Book VI, The ship of state ; lecture 12. Book VI, The idea of the good -- pt. 2. lecture 13. Book VI, The divided line ; lecture 14. Book VII, The parable of the cave ; lecture 15. Book VII, The education of the guardians ; lecture 16. Book VIII, The perfectly just city fails ; lecture 17. Books VIII and IX, The mistaken regimes ; lecture 18. Book VIII, Socrates's critique of democracy ; lecture 19. Books VIII and IX, The critique of tyranny ; lecture 20. Book IX, The superiority of justice ; lecture 21. Book X, Philosophy versus poetry ; lecture 22. Book X, The myth of Er ; lecture 23. Summary and overview ; lecture 24. The legacy of Plato's Republic