Plato's Republic

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Plato's Republic | Book 3 Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. Why would Socrates censor the passage in the Iliad that refers to a soul “bewailing his fate, leaving manliness and the bloom of youth”?

2. What does Socrates predict will be the result of a citizen lying?

3. What sort of dramatic role will the Guardians be permitted to play?

4. Why does Socrates say eliminating the use of musical
instruments helps improve the state?

5. What can rythm and harmony do for the mind when
properly absorbed?

6. What profession grows when the citizens of a city are poorly disciplined?

7. How does an...

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