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Hannah Arendt responded to a discussion of this book in The Essence of Human Freedom by claiming that a passage from this book is primarily political, in opposition to other epistemological interpretations. Leo Strauss pointed to seemingly contradictory sections of this book (-5[1])to argue that it was an ironic “learning exercise” contra Karl Popper, who criticized this book’s class of “guardians.” (10[1]-5[1])Those classes within this book correspond to different virtues of the soul, which this book claims is tripartite. This book opens with Thrasymachus’s claim that (10[1])justice is “the advantage of the stronger,” and in response, the central character eventually (10[1])invokes the Form of the Good. For 10 points, name this Platonic dialogue in which Socrates describes an ideal city. ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: The Republic [or Politeia] (The passage in the first sentence is the Allegory of the Cave.)
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