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ww72b853q29	Elizabeth Anne L'Arrivee	Converting the Soul from Politics to Philosophy: The Philosophic Way of Life in Plato's Republic	2015		.txt	text/plain	243	8	46	In contrast to Plato's Laws, which is intended to show the degree to which philosophy can transform existing political communities, the Republic (1) depicts three identifiable moments in the experience of philosophic conversion, and (2) connects this experience to the founding of a new, philosophic community. This thesis argues that Plato's Republic provides an outline of conversion to the philosophic way of life, and in doing so founds a new kind of community that is distinct from the political community and its way of life — the philosophic community.	cache/ww72b853q29.txt	txt/ww72b853q29.txt