In Western Culture, everybody had to read Plato’s Republic.  Some enjoyed that more than others.  Since my Fall Quarter section leader was writing a book on the Republic, I think his enthusiasm caught on for our group.  We spent a lot of time discussing Socrates’s views on education and his displeasure with poets, his ideas of virtue and who is fit to rule, and of course we made hay with the cave allegory.  I mean, these are the highlights, right?  After a week or two on the Republic, you have become an Educated Person. Perhaps because we had already discussed Read more