G. P. Xavier | Allan Bloom's Interpretation of Plato's Republic: Explanation @gpxavier | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 minutes ago.
In this video, I explain the esoteric approach (inspired by Leo Strauss) that Allan Bloom takes in interpreting Plato's Republic, with various examples.

For my own reflections on this, see my followup video:

youtu.be/zeoftV3ye30

0:00 Introduction
1:54 The Straussian/'Esoteric' Approach
6:45 Bloom's Translation & Interpretive Essay
9:42 The Case of Thrasymachus
14:28 The Taming of Thrasymachus
19:33 What Is Accomplished?
24:54 Glaucon, Man of Eros
30:37 Why Philosophers Wouldn't Rule
35:54 The Comedy of Callipolis
41:04 Philosophy vs. the City
45:24 Against Utopianism
47:00 Adeimantus the Austere
49:58 Philosophy vs. Poetry
59:24 The New Poetry
1:03:16 Conclusions