The Republic
Plato
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Harvey Mansfield on Conversations with Tyler (2026-03-18): mention
“…Why is it that we still read Plato’s Republic, say, 2,500 years later?…”
Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy (Ep. 272)
Harvey Mansfield on Conversations with Tyler (2026-03-18): mention
“…The Republic, for example, doesn’t tell you about what people love instead of how people defend things.…”
Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy (Ep. 272)
Chris Arnade on Conversations with Tyler (2025-06-18): mention
“…I kept thinking of them as a guardian class incorporating Plato’s Republic.…”
Will MacAskill on 80,000 Hours Podcast (2025-03-11): mention
“…I think that’s true from Plato’s Republic onwards.…”
Will MacAskill on AI causing a “century in a decade” — and how we’re completely unprepared
Marilynne Robinson on Conversations with Tyler (2024-03-20): mention
“…He's doing Plato in The Republic. He's saying, "This is how we develop the idea of a community."…”
Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Interpretation, Calvinist Thought, and Religion in America (Ep. 207)
Apollo Robbins on The Tim Ferriss Show (2023-10-22): recommend
“…Yeah, you need to go back, read Plato's Republic.…”
Michael Munger on EconTalk (2023-06-19): mention
“…The main question that Plato wants to ask in the Republic is…”
Tim LeBon on 80,000 Hours Podcast (2023-04-12): mention
“…He wrote a really big book called Republic, which was something that was in opposition to Plato's Republic…”
Tim LeBon on 80,000 Hours Podcast (2023-04-12): mention
“…in opposition to Plato's Republic…”
John Vervaeke on The Tim Ferriss Show (2023-02-25): recommend
“…Plato's Dialogues and Plotinus' Ennead.…”
Professor John Vervaeke — How to Build a Life of Wisdom, Flow, and Contemplation (#657)
John Vervaeke on The Tim Ferriss Show (2023-02-25): mention
“…since I first read The Republic…”
Professor John Vervaeke — How to Build a Life of Wisdom, Flow, and Contemplation (#657)
Roosevelt Montás on EconTalk (2022-06-20): mention
“…beginning with Plato's Republic followed by Aristotle's Ethics and Politics…”
Tyler Cowen on EconTalk (2022-04-18): mention
“…what would you call Plato's Republic, right?…”
Jonathan Rauch on EconTalk (2021-08-02): mention
“…that's been a problem for every society since Plato's Republic.…”
Tom Moynihan on 80,000 Hours Podcast (2021-06-11): mention
“…Going back to Plato, his Republic, probably before.…”
Tom Moynihan on why prior generations missed some of the biggest priorities of all
Tom Moynihan on 80,000 Hours Podcast (2021-06-11): mention
“…Plato actually says in The Laws, or maybe the Republic, he's talking about his ideal state…”
Tom Moynihan on why prior generations missed some of the biggest priorities of all
Emily Wilson on Conversations with Tyler (2019-03-27): mention
“…He’s banned from the second-best ideal in the Republic, right?…”
Agnes Callard on Conversations with Tyler (2018-04-11): mention
“…Including Republic 1. That’s a lot of dialogues.…”
Josiah Ober on EconTalk (2012-08-06): mention
“…If you read Plato's Republic, when he is setting up this idealized society, he spends a surprising amount of time…”