Trivium
Plato's Republic: What is Justice?Grade 9rhetoric Stage

The City in Speech: Origins

The Text

What You'll Learn

1

Comprehension

Accurately recalls the short-sighted person analogy for reading larger letters first and explains its purpose for studying justice in the state before the individual

2

Cause & Consequence

Explains how human wants and lack of self-sufficiency cause the formation of the state with partners and exchange

3

Meaning

Takes an original position on the core moral that humans form cities because no one is self-sufficient or on the purpose of the city in speech to reveal justice

4

Defense

Steel-mans the counterargument (presents it in its strongest form)

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