REPUBLIC II
Discussion Points about Critical Gender Studies readings
August 7, 2017What does an earthquake do to a city?
August 7, 2017REPUBLIC II
Paper instructions:
1. When Socrates begins to construct the “city in speech” in Book II, he quickly establishes within it a guardian class according to the “one man, one art”
principle: everyone in the city must perform that function, and that alone, which he (or she) is by nature best fitted to perform. Craftsmen must be only craftsmen,
guardians must be only guardians, and rulers must be only rulers. Is a convincing arrangement? What difficulties might it present? What advantages? Do the advantages
outweigh the difficulties? Is it elitist and if so does it or does it not matter?
