R4.5 Anatomy of the Soul | Plato's Republic, book 4 w/ Jonathan Lear

<p>In book 4 of the <em>Republic</em>, Plato sets forth perhaps the most famous psychological theory from Greco-Roman antiquity: the tripartite model of the human soul. But how good of a model is it? How does it hold up from the perspective of modern psychology?</p> <p>With us to discuss these questions and more is Jonathan Lear, professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago and a practicing psychoanalyst who <span style="font-weight: 400;">serves on the faculty of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. His article "<a href= "https://home.uchicago.edu/~jlear/docs/Inside%20and%20Outside%20the%20Republic.pdf">Inside and Outside the Republic</a>" remains one of the most important pieces of scholarship on the psychological theory offered in book 4. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">------------------</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Support <em>Ancient Greece Declassified </em>on Patreon: <a href= "https://patreon.com/greecepodcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">patreon.com/greecepodcast</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Or make a one-time donation: <a href= "https://paypal.me/greecepodcast">paypal.me/greecepodcast</a></span></p>