SQUARES

Squares is a 30 minute drama which shows some of Plato’s ideas and arguments embedded in a contemporary story.

A mathematician sees his students falling prey to a puritanical philosophical cult - the "Squares" believe in a kind of cosmic moral order, to which modern society is blind because it is dominated by sensory desire. John finds himself in unwilling sympathy as he struggles to be free of his own compulsions, until he realises who runs the cult.

The film introduces the (so-called) ‘two worlds’ aspect of the theory of forms, and the mathematical route to understanding the forms, it considers in what way democracy may be said to be irrational, and illustrates Plato’s conviction that justice is to do with order in the soul, as well as in the state. For more details see Teachers' Notes.

Especially suitable for: ‘A’ Level Philosophy, beginning Undergraduate Philosophy; ‘A’ Level Religious Studies, beginning Undergraduate Religious Studies.

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