Questions on Book VIII of Plato's Republic:

Plato describes 4 unjust regimes and the corresponding character that goes with each regime:

I. Timocracy/Constitutional:

1. Define Timocracy:

2. Describe the timocratic regime:

3. What's the weakness of a timocratic regime?

4. Define the timocratic character:

5. How/why does the timocratic regime/character transform into the oligarchical regime/character?

II. Oligarchy:

1. Define:

2. Describe the oligarchical regime:

3. What's the weakness of an oligarchical regime?

4. Define the oligarchical character:

5. How/why does the oligarchical character/regime become the democratic character/regime?

III. Democracy:

1. Define:

2. Describe the democratic regime:

3. What's the weakness of the democratic regime?

4. Define the democratic character:

5. How/why does the democratic regime/character become the tyrannical regime/character?

IV. Tyranny:

1. Define:

2. Describe the tyrannical regime:

3. What are the weaknesses of a tyrannical regime?

4. Define the tyrannical character and her subjects: