1.  Have ready specific examples other than those from the Republic of each of the three kinds of
     goods Glaucon distinguishes.

2. Injustice, as understood by Glaucon, Adeimantus, and Thrasymachus, would be which of the
    three kinds of good?  Or would it be none of them?  Why?

3. What exactly will Socrates have to do to satisfy Glaucon and Adeimantus?

4. Why does Socrates start building a "theoretical city?"

5. What is the most conspicuous thing (besides luxury) that the second or luxurious city needs that
     the first or healthy city doesn't?

6. In both cities, what is the "agreement" Socrates and the others rely on for deciding who will
    do various tasks?

7. What do you think it might mean (375b) for "their souls to be spirited"?

8. What are the two laws or patterns about the gods to which speakers and poets must conform in
     this city?  How compatible are these laws with what you know of stories about Greek gods?

9. Overall, what contrasts or differences do you see between Socrates' behavior or "style" in Book
    1 and in Book 2?  What might account for these differences?

10.  Can you see anything in Book 2 that perhaps could be related somehow to the American
       Civil War?  Try to come up with a possibility or two.

DWA Question - take your choice of either of these.  Base your answers on passages from the text, identified by margin numbers!

1.  Glaucon says that Socrates isn't  (that is, he didn't in Book 1) convincing them that justice is better than injustice. A) Why did Glaucon find Socrates' Book 1 performance unconvincing?  (He doesn't say; you'll need to use educated guesswork.)  B)  How convincing do you find Glaucon and Adeimantus in their defense of injustice?  Why?  (Socrates seems pretty impressed: 362d, 368a)

2.  Socrates' plan is to answer a question about justice and injustice in the individual by comparing the individual to a city (368e-369b).  The rest of Book 2 is about cities; the city-to-individual comparison isn't addressed by Socrates until much later.  But as you read you should keep it in mind.  So, from what you find in Book 2, how might what is said about cities provide some clues about what justice and injustice are in an individual person?  This calls for speculation and guesswork!  But base your guesswork on passages from the text.
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