Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
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This course explores the meaning and importance of Plato’s towering achievement in immortalizing the thoughts of Socrates in 35 dialogues, which laid the philosophical basis for Western civilization. The dialogues cover ideas about truth, justice, love, beauty, courage, and wisdom.
The course also makes the case for the subtlety with which Plato weaves together the strengths of philosophy and poetry, dialectic and drama, and word and action.
Socrates was driven by a love for truth so great that he suffered death rather than give up his search, and likewise this course offers no easy answers. What it does provide is an introduction to Platonic "meta-education," the art not of what to think but of how to think.
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Best Course on Plato One Could Imagine, March 20, 2006
Reviewer: learnoutloud
from Los Angeles, California
This was the first Teaching Company course I ever heard and by the end I was hooked for life. There's nothing quite like listening to a great lecture course. A neo-Platonist at heart, Professor Michael Sugrue passionately covers the greatest philosopher of all time. "The Republic" and the most important dialogues are covered here. If you're unfamiliar with the ideas of Socrates, then this course will change your life.
- Published:
2002
- Number Of Lectures:
16
- Lecture Time:
45 Min.
- University:
Princeton University
- LearnOutLoud.com Product ID:
P002696
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Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
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