1. Do the views expressed in “The Two Swords” (Violent punishment of heresy, violence justifying violence, etc.) contradict the views of Utopia?
2. In light of this, what do you believe is More’s purpose in writing Utopia?
3. Is U…
The article argues that private property is not a bad thing and that communal property (extreme egalitarianism) is not necessarily the way to create a harmonious society, in contrast to More’s Utopia. The article demonstrates this with the example o…
Is it efficient to have liberal education in regards to productivity of the Utopians?
Between liberal education and informal education, which does More value more?
How does Vespucci’s account of the Brazilians and their lifestyles compare to More’s depiction of the Utopians? What role does exploration play in More and Vespucci’s travel accounts? What value does the Utopian Alphabet add to the …
While reading the Allegory of the Cave, I struggled to visualize what I was reading. If you felt the same way, then this video is definitely worthwhile.
Disclaimer: The narrator has a creepy voice.
This section from Book VII of Republic really caught my attention because of the interesting allegory Plato/Socrates gives for the levels of cognitive function–that of The Cave.
Essentially, there are four levels:
1) Opinion based on images or li…
“Socrates: If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.”
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How were the youth of Athens educated?
Girls were educated in the home and the only “well-educated” women were trained as “hetarae” which were like Greek geishas.
Boys were much more educated than girls. They had physical education where they l…
Sparta was a society of warriors in which you had to be born into
Spartan men were only allowed to be soldiers
When boys turned 7, they began their intense education and military training program known as agoge
Women were educated and had freedoms …
Just like in Plato’s Republic, there was an “elite” that ruled in Sparta. The Spartan city state was devoted to: “military honor, patriotism, and war,” all concepts that are also somehow reflected in Plato’s work.
C…
