Assignment:
Contemporary Concerns
Choose a quote from The Republic that is linked to a concern that is under discussion today. After briefly commenting on this quote, explain the contemporary concern, and discuss whether Plato's ideas provide any useful perspectives or solutions. If they do, be sure to account for the difference between his world and ours.
Provide a detailed example that illustrates the contemporary concern you wish to discuss. Please be sure to focus on one main idea or problem in your discussion.
One page, single-spaced, in a normal 12 point font, with standard margins