In this lecture, we delve into the Good! Particularly Plato’s analogy of the Sun, and the Divided Line from ‘The Republic’ to explain the un-hypothetical first principle of everything. After a quick re-cap of the Philosopher Kings, we discuss the change from politics to philosophy in the Republic book six. Plato’s analogy of the ship for the state, and why Philosophers know appearance from Reality and the three roles of the Good in Plato’s ethics, epistemology and ontology. Finally, the lecture summarises the dialectic process leading to the Form of the Good, emphasising its critical role in understanding reality and achieving a just society.
Chapters:
00:00 Plato’s Good and the Divided Line
00:26 Philosophers as Kings
02:39 The Analogy of the Ship
04:13 Corruption and Education
07:17 The Form of the Good
09:18 The Sun and the Divided Line
17:21 The Nature of Ultimate Reality
19:23 Conclusion and Next Steps
