A review by tshepiso
Plato Republic by G.M.A. Grube, C.D.C.Reeve

1.0

There's very little point in me reviewing The Republic. Other than a record of my opinions on the experience of reading it I have very little to add to the discourse. In brief: I thought Plato's opinions on society and his pontification on the nature of the soul and reality was bad. I was not fond of the eugenics or the authoritarianism. As someone who doesn't believe in souls, I couldn't really get on board with 95% of his metaphysics. While he occasionally made points I agreed with (I'm patiently waiting for that class war he promised would come from democracy) his fundamental views on life were so discordant with my own that I couldn't really get anything from his work.

I know I don't like philosophy and I'm not looking forward to all the other treatises I'll probably be forced to read throughout university.