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Méthexis xx (2007) p. 51-61 Artículos ANAL YSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF PLATO'S REPUBLICIII 414b8-415d6* Lue BRISSON In the Republic (III 414b8-415d6) Plato makes use of a myth, which he con siders to be a lie, in order to provide a solution to the major political problem he faced: how to ensure unity in a city made up of three functional groups, the first of which is completely separate from the other two ? Why does he do this, and how does he go about it ? 1. THE MAKING OF THE CITY If we leave aside the first book, which serves as a preamble, the plan of the discussion in which the Republic consists is reasonably clear. In books II, III and IV we find an exposition of the genesis and constitution of the just city, the most litigious points of which are justified in books VI and VII: the participation of women in military activities, the community of women and children, and the exercise of power by philosophers. Books VIII, IX and X then describe the corruption ofthe just city and ofthe just soul, together with the punishment ofthe unjust soul. The genesis of the city is explained
Méthexis – Brill
Published: Mar 30, 2007
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