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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
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 on stage
Hello reading group, an NYC theater company called target margin is doing an adaption in January of plato’s symposium. It’s called The Dinner Party. I met the director, David Herskovits, at a dinner party and he’s a very bright, sensitive guy who … Continue reading
Plato 2008 Schedule of Calls
For the Plato reading group you will need to purchase Plato Complete Works – edited by John Cooperhttp://tinyurl.com/yuqlhm All calls are Tuesdays @ 8pm NY Time/5pm California Time1-866-628-8620code: 112431 April 8 – Apology and PhaedoMay 6 – Thea… 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 →
08. April 2008 by Arrian
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