Glaucon

Summary

Dominique Pagani mentions Glaucon only as a character in Plato's Republic, and always in passing. He mainly presents him as Socrates' interlocutor, and several times pairs him with Adeimantus1. These mentions come up in sessions on very different subjects: a 2015 session devoted to Kant, the 2017 series "D'Ulysse à Dédale" ("From Ulysses to Daedalus")2, a 2021 "Musicosophie" session on Mozart, and a 2023 session on contradictory identity, built around "Je est un autre" ("I is another"). Only once does he tie Glaucon to a specific question: in the Mozart session, he recalls that Glaucon asks Socrates whether the good might not be pleasure3. He gives Glaucon no extended analysis. The character serves him as a reference point within the Platonic dialogue and is not studied for his own sake. The passages say nothing more about what he takes from him, and they show no change from one session to the next.

1. 1“I is another”, or contradictory identity12 Dec 2023 · 1:05:40
2. 2#3.5 From Ulysses to Daedalus1 Aug 2017 · 39:13
3. 3#14 Mozart once more7 Feb 2021 · 1:12:44

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.