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Plato, Republic, Book IX (pp 241 - 263) "Happiness"

1. Where does the tyranny, which characterizes a tyrannical man, exist?

2. Who is even more wretched than a (privately) tyrannical man?

3. What would happen to a tyranny if he, his family and household, were to be transported instantaneously into a deserted place?

4. What are the three types of lives which can be lived?

5. Outline Socrates' argument that the philosopher has the best experience base upon which to judge which of the three types of lives is most pleasant.

6. Socrates says that those who identify freedom from pain with pleasure are of unsound opinion. Why is this?

7. What is the definition of pleasure Socrates gives in ¶585e?

8. Socrates proposes an image of the soul in words. What is this image?

9. Does Socrates believe that the city in speech is possible?

I have read pp 241 - 263

I have not read pp 241 - 263