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Plato, Republic, Book VIII ( pp.213 - 224) "Injustice"

1. What are the four (degenerate) types of constitutions (i.e. cities) which Socrates mentions.

2. What is a timarchy (timocracy)?

3. What is, in Socrates' opinion, wrong with a timarchy?

4. What type of constitution is a degeneration of a timarchy?

5. What, in Socrates' opinion, is wrong with this type of constitution?

I have read pp 213 - 224

I have not read pp 213 - 224