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This episode covers book 7 of Plato's\\xa0Republic.\\xa0

\\xa0Socrates is what I call a \\u201cphilosopher of desire.\\u201d He cares more about the questions than the answers, the journey than the destination, the boner than the nut.\\xa0

And he brings that energy to his teaching.\\xa0

In this episode, Socrates tells the boys that the \\u201cform of the good\\u201d is the one thing that anyone who wants to live a good life absolutely needs to know about. So what is it? Glaucon wants to know so badly he yells out to Apollo and begs Socrates to tell him. But Socrates won\\u2019t go all the way. Instead, he teases Glaucon with the analogies of the sun, line and cave which also happen to tell us about: the invisible forms; the nature of human knowledge; and why STEM subjects should only be used as prep for philosophy.\\xa0

Get your goggles on; this is a deep one.\\xa0

\\xa0Credits\\xa0

Adeimantus: Rebecca Amzallag

Glaucon: Zachary Amzallag

Ancient music: Michael Levy

Intro theme: Clayton Tapp