plato’s Republic

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In describing the lifestyle of the Guardian class, Plato has his main character, Socrates, indicate a warning about the leading cause of the ruin of a city. Of course,
since the account of the city is offered as an analogy to the individual person, this warning should have an analog for the ruin of the soul. In an essay, you are to
identify, describe and evaluate this warning and evaluate Plato’s view of education as one kind of remedy for the condition corresponding to the warning as it applies
to the individual. You should formulate and express a CLEAR thesis in response to this main question in bold above, to the effect that (T1) you find Plato’s warning
worth paying attention to or not worth paying attention to AND to the effect that (T2) you find Plato’s view of education appropriate or inappropriate. What I mean
here by this last choice, you need to express whether you should think education ought to be or ought not to be thought of primarily as a way of avoiding what Plato is
warning against. In your essay, which should give an intelligent reader good reasons to endorse your evaluative thesis, you should be sure to cover the following
questions/issues. (1) After an appropriate introduction that conveys your two part thesis, begin the body of your essay with a passage from the Republic that expresses
the warning. (2) Explain briefly the parts of the city and the definitions of political justice and political injustice. (3) Explain in detail the analogy between the
city and the soul. (4) Explain the particular pleasures associated with each part of the soul. (5) Explain what the warning you started with means for the individual
person. (6) Explain what Plato thinks education is and what it is not, and explain how education is related to the warning. (7) Finally, provide reasons for your
evaluative judgment of Plato’s warning and his account of education as a solution for or remedy for the condition warned about. In other words, defend your thesis.
Your essay should be a minimum of 4 full pages (double spaced, no larger than 12 point font, one inch margins, NO cover sheet or binder) and no more than 5 full pages
six full pages (corrected May 4th, 2017). As before, the more relevant and accurate detail your essay provides, the better the grade your essay will earn. Be precise,
be detailed and be responsive to each of the questions posed. However, your essay is more than a mere list of answers to the above questions: your essay should connect
them sensibly and fill in background reasoning when relevant. You do not have to consult sources beyond our text, but if you do consult any outside sources (websites,
books, encyclopedias, etc.) you MUST provide an appropriate citation that allows me to consult them. Failure to document sources will result in a grade of zero. You
will submit your essay in BBLearn.