How many of the following statements in relation to Plato's Republic are correct? A. It is a textbook…
All four statements describe the educational concerns of Plato's Republic. The training of guardians aims at justice and culminates in dialectic, preparing those who can…
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How many of the following statements in relation to Plato's Republic are correct?
A. It is a textbook for the Philosopher-Ruler's training.
B. There would always be Guardians-in-training in Plato's state, and preserving that training unchanged would be the state's first priority.
C. The aim of that training is to produce just men in the double sense that Plato understands justice: men who are in fact just and who know what justice is.
D. The less difficult subjects of literature, mathematics, music and gymnastics are followed by the most difficult subject of all, dialectic, or training in philosophy.
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Correct answer D
All four statements describe the educational concerns of Plato's Republic. The training of guardians aims at justice and culminates in dialectic, preparing those who can govern through knowledge of the good.
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