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Thoughts on Plato’s Republic Continued (Book 5 onwards)

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Deanna in Books, Ph.D., Reading, Research

A continuation of my reading on Plato’s Republic (a few more thoughts): Within Plato’s “just” city, he is set in believing this utopia can be achieved through specific educational curriculum and societal laws.  I am skeptical this could be accomplished, yet when considering many research studies within modern psychology, I feel that his belief of [...]