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Sоcrаtes studies justice in а whоle city becаuse he says it's like reading large letters instead оf small ones, so it will be easier to see [Book II, 368c–369a]. Explain what he means. Then take a position on a question readers have argued about ever since: is the Republic mainly a book about politics, or mainly a book about the individual person? Use specific evidence to argue how the book should best be read.Weigh at least these passages against each other.For the political reading: Socrates argues at length that the city could actually exist and explains what it would take to bring it about [Book V, 471c–473e]. He spends Books II and III on education, property, and the arrangement of classes [376e–412b, 415d–417b], Book V on the community of women and children [449a–466d], and all of Book VIII on how real regimes decay [543a–569c]. That is a great deal of practical political detail for a book that is only using the city as an illustration.For the individual reading: At the end of Book IX, Socrates says it makes no difference whether the city exists anywhere on earth, since the person who understands will found it within himself [592a–b]. The three parts of the soul are also argued for on their own terms, using the example of a thirsty man who refuses to drink, without any reference to the city [Book IV, 436a–441c]. And the payoff of the whole argument is a claim about which individual life is happiest, not about which city is best [Book IX, 576b–580c].
оw much dоes the Republic need the Fоrms?The theory of Forms shows up in the middle of the Republic аnd dominаtes Books V through VII: the distinction between knowledge аnd opinion [Book V, 475d–480a], the Good as the source of knowledge and truth [Book VI, 504e–509c], the divided line [Book VI, 509d–511e], and the cave [Book VII, 514a–518d].But a great deal of the Republic seems to get along without it. Justice in the city is worked out in Book IV without appeal to any Form [427d–434c]. The three parts of the soul are established by an argument about a thirsty man who refuses to drink, with no reference to the Forms at all [Book IV, 436a–441c]. The account of how regimes and souls decay in Book VIII is essentially a piece of psychology and political observation [543a–569c]. And the closing argument that the just life is happier than the unjust one rests mostly on the condition of the tyrant's soul [Book IX, 576b–580c].Your task: Decide how much of the Republic depends on the theory of Forms.Work through it this way. First, name at least two things in the book that clearly do depend on the Forms, and explain what would be lost without them. Second, name at least two things that appear to stand on their own, and explain why they don't seem to need the Forms. Third, give your verdict: if someone removed Books V through VII entirely, would the rest of the Republic still work? Would it still answer Glaucon's challenge from Book II [357a–358a, 360e–367e]?