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teau and any day now I’m going to see major improvement. I don’t
believe him.
I still haven’t figured out Plato and have given up all hope of
ever understanding his concept of justice. Ironically enough, Physics
II and Art History—the classes Nicole switched me to—are the
only classes I’m actually doing well in. Everything else will be lucky
to see a passing grade.
So, of course Mr. Dorcas is giving us a pop quiz on a Friday. It’s
just the way my life is going.
“Answer the following question.” He tugs on the projection
screen, sending it rolling into its case and revealing the pop quiz.
An essay question.
Hardly shocking.
Plato ends The Republic with the myth of Er, a story about the fate of
men, both good and bad, in the afterlife. Why do you think he, a believer
in reincarnation, chooses this tale with which to end his discourse on justice?
The first thing that jumps out at me is the word myth. After what
Troy told me, I don’t think some story Plato made up about a guy
visiting the afterlife qualifies as “explaining the unexplainable.”
This is more like a fairy tale, a story that Plato wanted to be true. He
wanted to believe that good men would be rewarded and bad men
punished because that would mean the world made sense.
Clearly, he’d been burned by the success of some undeserving
people.
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