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D
DAEDALUS
DAMON
DEATH
see also AFTERLIFE; COURAGE; PUNISHMENT
DELIAN LEAGUE
see also ATHENS, ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY
DELPHI
see also APOLLO
DEMOCRACY
as degenerate political constitution, xlv-xlvi,
see also ATHENS, ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC INDIVIDUAL,
DEMOCRITUS
DEMOS
[PEOPLE IN A DEMOCRACY] (as the father of the tyrant),
DIALECTIC
DIOMEDE(S)
DIANOIA
[“UNDERSTANDING”]
see also COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF
DION
DIONYSIUS
DIONYSIUS
DIONYSUS, DIONYSIAN FESTIVALS
see also DRAMA, DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS AND COMPETITIONS; TRAGEDY
DIOTIMA
DIVIDED LINE, FIGURE OF—see COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF; also CAVE, ALLEGORY OF; SUN, SIMILE OF
DOCTORS/PHYSICIANS/MEDICINE,
affinities between doctors and rulers
proper treatment of the
see also ANALOGIES; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
[TECHNÊ],
PROFESSIONALS WITH
DOG, “PHILOSOPHICAL” TEMPERAMENT OF,
DOING ONE’S OWN WORK/MINDING ONE’S OWN BUSINESS
see also
APRAGMOSYNÊ
; JUSTICE; MEDDLESOMENESS
DOXA
see also OPINION;
PISTIS; EIKASIA
DRAMA, DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS AND COMPETITIONS (in Athens)
see also AESCHYLUS, ARISTOPHANES, EURIPIDES, HOMER, SOPHOCLES, TRAGEDY
DREAMS,
DRONES,
E
EDUCATION
traditional, xxiv
of children of the guardians,
of future philosopher-rulers,
see also CHILDREN; CENSORSHIP; PHYSICAL TRAINING; SOPHISTS
EIKASIA
[“PERCEPTION OF SHADOWS,” “IMAGINATION”]
see also COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF
EMPEDOCLES
END [FUNCTION],
see also DOING ONE’S OWN WORK/MINDING ONE’S OWN BUSINESS; JUSTICE
ENSLAVEMENT (of tyrant and tyrannical individual)
see also FREEDOM; HAPPINESS; JUSTICE; TYRANNICAL INDIVIDUAL; TYRANNY, TYRANT
EPISTEMÊ
[KNOWLEDGE]
see also KNOWLEDGE
EPISTEMOLOGY—see COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF
ER, MYTH OF
ERISTIC
EROS, EROTIC/SEXUAL DESIRE
see also APPETITES/DESIRES
EURIPIDES
see also DRAMA, DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS AND COMPETITIONS; TRAGEDY
EUTHYDEMUS
EXCELLENCE [
ARETÊ
, VIRTUE]
see also END [FUNCTION]; HAPPINESS; PHILOSOPHER; ARISTOCRACY; ARISTOCRATIC INDIVIDUAL; JUSTICE; COURAGE; TEMPERANCE; WISDOM
F
FALSEHOOD (dangerous, unnecessary)
see also CENSORSHIP; POETRY; TRAGEDY; TRUTHFULNESS
FALSEHOOD (useful, necessary)
FAMILY/FAMILY LIFE
FATES
[MOIRAI],
FORMS—see IDEAS, THEORY OF
FREE WILL
FREEDOM
as enjoyed by the philosopher/ just man
as manifest in democracy and in the democratic individual
see also ENSLAVEMENT
G
GEOMETRY
plane,
solid (stereometry)
GIANTS,
GIGANTOMACHY
GLAUCON
GLAUCUS,
GNOSIS
see also KNOWLEDGE; DIANOIA;
NOESIS
GOD(S)
as worshipped in Greek religion
as represented in poetry
true nature of
as maker of the ideas
see also CENSORSHIP; EDUCATION; MUSIC; POETRY
GOLD CLASS (in the ideal state)—see GUARDIANS; RULERS; PHILOSOPHERS; PRINCIPLES [ELEMENTS] (in the ideal state)
GOOD, IDEA OF THE
GOODS (in life)
GORGIAS
GREEKS (as distinct from barbarians)
GUARDIANS (in the ideal state)
nature/temperament of,
divided into two classes (rulers and auxiliaries)
see also AUXILIARIES; RULERS; BREEDING; EDUCATION; FAMILY; MARRIAGE; NATURAL ABILITY; WOMEN
GYGES
H
HABIT
importance of cultivating good habits in the young,
insufficiency of (for inculcating logos),
HAPPINESS
[EUDAIMONIA]
see also
PLEONEXIA;
PROFIT; JUSTICE; FREEDOM; ENSLAVEMENT
HARMONICS [SCIENCE OF HARMONY]
HARMONIAI
[“MODES” IN MUSIC]
HARMONY
among people and in the soul
in music,
HECTOR,
HEALTH (of the soul)
HELEN,
HELLAS, HELLENES—see GREEKS
HELMSMEN/PILOTS (on ships)
see also TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
[TECHNÊ],
PROFESSIONALS WITH; ANALOGIES
HEPHAESTUS
HERACLES
HERACLITUS
HERE [HERA]
HERODOTUS
HEROES, as represented in poetry
see also CENSORSHIP; EDUCATION; MUSIC; POETRY
HESIOD
HIPPIAS
HOMER AND HOMERIC EPICS
Homer as “first” of the tragedians,
HOMOEROTIC RELATIONSHIPS
HONOR, HONORS
see also REWARDS
I
IDEAL MODELS, VALUE OF
IDEAL STATE
[KALLIPOLIS],
PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF
see also GUARDIANS; RULERS; AUXILIARIES; PHILOSOPHERS; PRINCIPLES [ELEMENTS] IN THE IDEAL STATE; EDUCATION; BREEDING; FAMILY
IDEAS
[IDEAI],
THEORY OF
see also GOOD, IDEA OF THE
IGNORANCE
[AGNOIA],
ILIAD—
see HOMER AND HOMERIC EPICS
IMITATION/MIMESIS
different manners of imitation,
three times removed from what is real
harmful psychological effects of
see also DRAMA; PAINTING; POETRY; GODS; HEROES
IMPIETY, PROSECUTION FOR (in classical Athens)
INCEST—see BREEDING
INFANTICIDE—see BREEDING
INJUSTICE
as leading to profit and happiness
as source of disunity and strife in the state and in the soul
INJUSTICE
(continued)
see also JUSTICE; STRIFE/DISUNITY; HAPPINESS;
PLEONEXIA;
TYRANNICAL INDIVIDUAL; TYRANT, TYRANNY
INNOVATION, PROBLEMS CAUSED BY
INTELLIGENCE—see KNOWLEDGE; COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF
INTELLIGIBLE objects—see BEING; COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF; IDEAS, THEORY OF MATHEMATICAL OBJECTS; CAVE, ALLEGORY OF
ISLANDS OF THE BLESSED
ISMENIAS,
ISOCRATES
J
JUDGES (contrasted with doctors)
JUST INDIVIDUAL,
see also ARISTOCRATIC INDIVIDUAL; JUSTICE; PHILOSOPHER
JUSTICE [JUST CONDUCT, RIGHT BEHAVIOR]
traditional and non-traditional conceptions of
in
Republic:
problem of defining
method for defining adopted in
Republic
definition of, xliv,
as one of the four principal “virtues,”
relationship to personal profit and happiness, xliii-xliv, xlvi,
JUSTICE, CORRECTIVE
in the afterlife
see also PUNISHMENT
K
KATABASIS
KNOWLEDGE (as distinct from OPINION
[DOXA]
and IGNORANCE [
AGNOIA
]),
see also BEING; CAVE, ALLEGORY OF; COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF; IDEAS, THEORY OF; PHILOSOPHY
L
LABOR, DIVISION OF
see DOING ONE’S OWN WORK/MINDING ONE’S OWN BUSINESS
LAWLESSNESS
fostered by lax education
fostered by premature exposure to philosophy/dialectic,
LEUCIPPUS
LIGHT—see BLINDNESS; CAVE, ALLEGORY OF; SUN, SIMILE OF
LOGOS
[REASON, ARGUMENT]
LYSIAS
LYCURGUS,
M
MANLINESS, MASCULINITY
MARRIAGE,
see also FAMILY; BREEDING; WOMEN
MATERIALISM IN GREEK CULTURE (as criticized in Plato’s dialogues)
see also PRIVATE PROPERTY; POVERTY; WEALTH; HONOR, HONORS; PLEASURE
MATHEMATICAL OBJECTS (in relationship to the IDEAS)
see also COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF; IDEAS, THEORY OF
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (as distinguished from DIALECTIC)—
see also ARITHMETIC, ASTRONOMY, GEOMETRY, HARMONICS
MERCHANTS/TRADESMEN contempt for see also BRONZE/IRON CLASS
MEDDLESOMENESS
[POLYPRAGMOSYNÊ]
see also STRIFE/DISUNITY
METAPHYSICS—see BEING; GOOD, THE IDEA OF; IDEAS, THE THEORY OF; PARMENIDES
METICS
METRE/RHYTHM (in poetry),
MOTION, PRINCIPLES OF—see ASTRONOMY
MOUSIKÊ/
MUSIC (broadly defined as “cultural cultivation”),
see also CENSORSHIP; EDUCATION; IMITATION; POETRY
MUSAEUS,
MUSE(S)
MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT, INSTRUMENTS,
MUSICIANS,
see also ANALOGIES; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
[TECHNÊ],
PROFESSIONAL WITH
MYSTERIES/MYSTERY CULTS,
Eleusinian
Orphic,
MYTH—see GODS; HEROES; ER, MYTH OF; EDUCATION; POETRY; FALSEHOOD (dangerous, unnecessary)
N
NATURAL ABILITY, NATURE [
PHYSIS
]
see also DOING ONE’S OWN WORK/MINDING ONE’S OWN BUSINESS
NECESSITY (goddess)
NICERATUS
NOBLE [ROYAL] LIE
see also FALSEHOOD (useful, necessary)
NOESIS
[“REASON”]
see also COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF
NOT-BEING (as distinct from BEING and BECOMING),
see also BEING; IDEAS, THEORY OF; KNOWLEDGE
NUMERICAIJGEOMETRICAL FIGURES
comprehending the period of human births,
comprehending the difference between the just individual’s happiness and the tyrant’s misery,
O
ODYSSEUS
ODYSSEY—
see HOMER AND THE HOMERIC POEMS
OEDIPUS,
OLD AGE
OLIGARCHICAL INDIVIDUAL
OLIGARCHY [PLUTOCRACY]
OLYMPIC GAMES/VICTORS
OPINION [
DOXA
] (as intermediate between KNOWLEDGE [
EPISTEMÊ, GNOSIS]
and IGNORANCE [AGNOIA]),
see also CAVE, ALLEGORY OF; COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF; PHENOMENAL/VISIBLE OBJECTS
OPINIONS, COMMONLY HELD
about the tyrant’s happiness
about justice and injustice
about the gods,
about objects that are considered beautiful, good, etc.
about the uselessness and corruption of philosophers
about identifying the good with pleasure
catered to, by sophists, poets, and other prominent men
OPPOSITES (in sense perceptions),
ORPHEUS
ORPHICS/ORPHISM
OVER-LEGISLATION, POINTLESSNESS OF
p
PAINTING
see also IMITATION
PALAMEDES,
PARMENIDES
PATROCLUS
PEIRITHOUS
PEISISTRATUS
PELOPONNESIAN WAR
PERDICCAS,
PERIANDER,
PERICLES
PHENOMENAL/VISIBLE OBJECTS—see BECOMING; COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF; CAVE, ALLEGORY OF; OPINION
PHILOTHEAMONES
[“LOVERS OF SIGHTS”] (as distinguished from philosophers)
see also BECOMING; OPINION
PHILOSOPHERS
definition of,
innate qualities of,
bad reputation of
as rulers of the ideal state,
pleasures of,
happiness of,
see also GUARDIANS; RULERS; JUST INDIVIDUAL; NATURAL ABILITY, NATURE; DIALECTIC
PHILOSOPHY
[PHILOSOPHIA]
dangers of premature exposure to,
see also BEING; COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF; DIALECTIC; IDEAS, THEORY OF; PHILOSOPHERS
PHOCYLIDES,
PHYSICAL TRAINING/CARE [
GYMNASTIKÊ
]
,
PINDAR
PIRAEUS
PISTIS
[“FAITH”],
see also COGNITION, FOUR FACULTIES OF; OPINION
PITTACUS,
PLANETS,
PLATO
see also PLATONIC DIALOGUES AND OTHER WORKS; SOCRATES, SOCRATICS; APORIA, APORETIC DIALOGUES
PLATONIC DIALOGUES AND OTHER WORKS
composition and dating of Plato’s works
Apology
Crito
Euthydemus
Euthyphro
Gorgias
Ion
Laches
Laws
Menexenus
Meno
Parmenides
Phaedo
Phaedrus
Philebus
Protagoras
Republic
Seventh Letter
Statesman
Symposium
Timaeus
PLEASURE
see also APPETITES/DESIRES; CHILDISHNESS; DEMOCRACY; OPINIONS, COMMONLY HELD
PLEONEXIA
[SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT]
POETRY AND POETIC TRADITIONS
importance of, in Greek culture
as carrier of basic values
arguments for censorship of
see also CENSORSHIP; EDUCATION; GODS; HEROES; HOMER AND HOMERIC EPICS; IMITATION; TRAGEDY
POLITICAL CONSTITUTIONS
degenerate forms of
relationship to individual character
see also ARISTOCRACY; IDEAL STATE; DEMOCRACY; OLIGARCHY; TIMOCRACY; TYRANNY, TYRANT

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