Eric Voegelin's Outline of the Organization
of Plato's REPUBLIC
| TOPIC |
Book/Chapter |
Stephanus Numbers |
| PROLOGUE |
- Descent to the
PIRAEUS
CEPHALUS: Justice of the Older Generation
POLEMARCHUS: Justice of the Middle Generation
THRASYMACHUS: Justice of the Sophist |
- I.1
- I.2-I.5
- I.6-I.9
- I.10-I.24
|
- 327a-328b
- 328b-331d
- 331e-336a
- 336b-354c
|
| INTRODUCTION |
- The Question: Is Justice better than Injustice?
|
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|
Part I: Genesis & Order of the POLIS |
- Genesis of the
POLIS
- Education of the Guardians
- Constitution of the
POLIS
- Justice in the
POLIS |
- II.11-II.16
- II.17-III.18
- III.19-IV.5
- IV.6-IV.19
|
- 369b-376e
- 376e-412b
- 412b-427c
- 427c-445e
|
| Part II: Embodiment of the Ideal |
- Somatic Unit of the
POLIS & the Hellenes
- Rule of the Philosophers
- The Idea of the
AGATHON
- Education of the Philosophers
|
- V.1-V.16
- V.17-VI.14
- VI.15-VII.5
- VII.6-VII.18
|
- 449a-471c
- 471c-502c
- 502c-521c
- 521c-541b
|
Part III: Decline of the POLIS |
- Timocracy
- Oligarchy
- Democracy
- Tyranny
|
- VIII.1-VIII.5
- VIII.6-VIII.9
- VIII.10-VIII.13
- VIII.14-IX.3
|
- 543a-550c
- 550c-555b
- 555b-562a
- 562a-576b
|
| CONCLUSION |
- The Answer: Justice is better than Injustice
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| EPILOGUE |
- Rejection of the Mimetic Art
- Immortality of the Soul
- Rewards of Justice in Life
- Judgment of the Dead
|
- X.1-X.8
- X.9-X.11
- X.12
- X.13-X.16
|
- 595a-608b
- 608c-612a
- 612a-613e
- 613e-631d
|
