The Ring of Gyges The story of the Ring of Gyges is an excerpt from book two of Plato's The Republic, in which Glaucon disagrees with Socrates and insists that people act moral because they lack the power to behave otherwise. In an effort to support his claim, Glaucon recites the tale of Gyges. In this paper, I will include a brief history of Plato, a description of the "Ring of Gyges", and discuss how …showed first 75 words of 879 total…

…showed last 75 words of 879 total…would I act if I held the ring of Gyges?" Bibliography Works Cited JOC and EFR. Biography of Plato. America Online. University of St. Andrews. January 1999. Available http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Plato.html Jowett, B. Plato: Five Great Dialogues. New York: Walter J. Black Inc., 1942. Owens, Mackubin T. Sex and the Presidency. America Online. Claremont Institute. January 1998. Available http://www.claremont.org/owens.cfm Sahakian, William S. Plato. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977.