A review by nyctose
The Republic by Plato
As a non-philosophy student I don't think I'm qualified to rate this. Many of the arguments did indeed go over the top of my head. As a science student my thought process throughout the book was But wait you cannot prove this! So how can you come to this conclusion?
However what I did get from this book is learning about a new way of thinking, arguing and questioning that is unique to philosophers and philosophy.
Many of the arguments in this book for justice, society and humanity may not hold by today's standards but I am quite impressed at the detailed and diverse arguments these philosophers of old put forward. It definitely is a thought-provoking read.
Although I must admit the society Socrates is imagining sounds undoubtedly scary and not unlike the dystopian worlds in today's YA books. It's funny how dystopia (believed to be utopia) was a thing even back then in the BCs
However what I did get from this book is learning about a new way of thinking, arguing and questioning that is unique to philosophers and philosophy.
Many of the arguments in this book for justice, society and humanity may not hold by today's standards but I am quite impressed at the detailed and diverse arguments these philosophers of old put forward. It definitely is a thought-provoking read.
Although I must admit the society Socrates is imagining sounds undoubtedly scary and not unlike the dystopian worlds in today's YA books. It's funny how dystopia (believed to be utopia) was a thing even back then in the BCs