Plato’s Republic 2: Good to be Bad
Summary
This episode covers the second half of book 1 of Plato's Republic.
Socrates goes up against his most formidable opponent yet: the sophist Thrasymachus.
Thrasymachus leaps at Socrates “like a wild beast” and yells at him for playing dirty. Then, he tells the boys that morality is a lie and that they should do as much injustice as they can get away with.
Socrates responds by winning the argument in the least persuasive way possible.
Credits
Pod Art: Marijke Bouchier
Theme music: David Zikotivz, Clayton Tapp
Ancient lyre music: Michael Levy
Editing, episode art and social: Sepideh
Thrasymachus: Paul Sagar