Category Archives for Plato
July 2008 Plato – Phaedrus & Protagoras – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for the July Plato call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Plato-July2008-Phaedrus-Protagoras.mp3 Continue reading
Questions in advance of our Tuesday call on Phaedrus/Protagoras
Folks, Here are some questions that may guide our discussion Tuesday night 8pm NYC time (5pm in California where I am now). I look forward to discussing the questions below (and the questions I should have asked). Phil —Phaedrus— – SpeechesPha… Continue reading
Lovin’ Phaedrus…how about you?
folks, i’m lovin’ Phaedrus – especially after you get beyond the speeches and discover that what this dialogue is about – at least in part – is the exploration of rhetoric, deception and truth (starting on page 535 in our text or section 258 parag… Continue reading
May 2008 Plato – Theaetetus – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for the May Plato call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Plato-May2008-Theaetetus.mp3 Continue reading
April 2008 Plato – Apology and Phaedo – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for the Plato April call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Plato-April2008-Apology-Phaedo.mp3 Continue reading
Some thoughts
General impressions-this is the first time I’ve read Plato and I found it much more assessible than I anticipated. I guess that’s why it’s lasted 2400 years (and a great translation pick by our leaders certainly helped).-I was struck by the theme … Continue reading
How is Apology and Phaedo going?
How’s your Plato reading going? How do you like Socrates’ defense in Apology? Are you inspired, surprised? For those of you who have read Herodotus and Thucydides – you know much more about the political and historical context than you might other… Continue reading
Plato, the housing crisis and probability theory
Folks, Some additional thoughts in advance of our call tonight. Why do we so often make short-sighted decisions that bring a little short-term pleasure and a lot of long-term misery? Why do we act so seemingly irrationally – i.e. against our own b… Continue reading →
15. July 2008 by Arrian
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