The Intelligent Troglodyte’s Guide to Plato’s Republic, 2016a

Laughter, 5, 91
Law, 7, 12, 31, 37, 62, 72, 79
Law enforcement, 12, 20, 37
Leadership, 20, 34, 40, 52, 54, 55, 72,
75, 77, 79; See also Rulers and
ruling
Learning. See Education
Leontius and the corpses, 43, 80
Licentiousness, 45, 52, 74, 87
Light, 59, 61, 62, 70
Line, divided, 60
Lord of the Flies, 12
Love, platonic, 29, 58
Loyalty, 34, 56, 79
Lucas, George, 90
Luxuries, 19, 35, 36, 40, 85
Lydian shepherd, 13
Lying. See Deception
Lysias, 1, 2, 96
Mafia, 14, 83
Marriage, 4, 46, 47, 48
Martial arts, East Asian, 32
Masculinity. See Women and men
Mathematics, 29, 60, 65, 66, 67, 68,
70, 72, 82, 90
McDonald’s hamburger, 85
Medicine, 8, 19, 31, 37, 45, 79
Mental illness, 2, 4, 10, 23, 32, 45, 53,
82, 93
Metals (bronze, iron, silver, and gold),
34, 72, 73
Midshipmen, 50
Mill, John Stuart, 85
Military. See Auxiliaries; Peace; War
Mind and body, relation of, 32, 94
Mirror, 90
Misfits and malcontents, 87
Moderation. See Temperance
Moirai. See Fates
Money, 5, 7, 8, 26, 35, 41, 74, 75, 76,
77, 79
Moral education, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Moses and Pharaoh, 22
Muses, 72, 86
Music and musicianship, 15, 28, 32,
44, 66, 74, 90, 92, 94
Myth of Er, 96
Myth of the metals, 34
Nakedness, in physical exercise, 47
Narration, 1, 27
Newborns, 43
Niceratus, 1, 96
Nuclear weapons, 13, 93
Numbers, 36, 51, 57, 65, 66, 72
Obligations. See Owing
Odysseus, 26, 43, 96
Odyssey. See Homer
Old age, 2, 3, 4
Oligarchic city, 75, 77, 79
Oligarchic soul, 76, 78, 82, 83, 86
Opinion. See Belief, mere
Oscillation theory of psychic conflict,
42
Outdoing others, 9, 12
Owing, 3, 4, 64, 77, 77