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Agora Publications, Inc.
The historical Socrates sought to bring philosophy down from the heavens to thrive in the streets of the agora — the market-place. Agora Publications offers dramatic performances of the dialogues of Plato and David Hume to help recapture this valuable Socratic tradition. We begin by revising the texts to make them more accessible to contemporary readers and listeners while leaving them unabridged and striving to be faithful to their original meaning. In this way we create the marketplace of ideas and continue the rich philosophical tradition in which careful and precise thinking blend with literary and poetic creation.
Our unique contribution lies in enlisting professional actors and directors to perform these works as part of what we call the “Theater of the Mind.” Characters such as Socrates, Gorgias, Alcibiades, Diotima, Cleanthes, Demea, and Philo come alive and join in the perennial conversation about the most important questions. What should we teach young people about religion? What is the nature and role of love? How can the best human community be created? What are justice, goodness, truth, and beauty? Is the human soul immortal, or does it die along with the body?
In our series “The World of the Mind,” we offer oral performances of other masterpieces, including ethical works by Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill’s reflections on liberty, and the Dao De Jing by Lao Zi.
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Dao De Jing
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Lao Tzu
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Audio CD | Digital Download ($13.75)
These words, written 2500 years ago by Lao Zi resemble Socrates' account of his own quest in Plato's Apology. Ancient philosophy, both in China and in Greece, places self-knowledge as the center of the search for wisdom.
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Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
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David Hume
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David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion had not yet been published when he died in 1776. Even though the manuscript was mostly written during the 1750s, it did not appear until 1779. The subject itself was too delicate and controversial. What should we teach young people about religion?
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Kant's Foundations of Ethics
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Albert Anderson
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Digital Download ($16.50)
Three works that present Kant’s ethical world view are included: What is Enlightenment? (1784), Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals Morals (1785), and Toward Lasting Peace (1795).
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Mill's On Liberty
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John Stuart Mill
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Audio CD | Digital Download ($16.25)
Mill's thinking about freedom in civic and social life examines fundamental principles shared among conservative, liberal, and radical politicians.
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Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo
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Plato
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These four dialogues present the trial, the imprisonment, and the execution of Socrates who his friend Phaedo said was “the wisest, best, and most righteous person I have ever known.”
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Plato's Gorgias
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Plato
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Gorgias of Leontini, a famous teacher of rhetoric, has come to Athens to recruit students, promising to teach them how to become leaders in politics and business. A group has gathered at Callicles' house to hear Gorgias demonstrate the power of his art.
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Plato's Greater Hippias
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Plato
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Socrates questions the great orator Hippias about what makes a speech beautiful. Hippias answers with examples of beautiful things, but Socrates insists on a definition of beauty itself.
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Plato's Ion and Meno
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Plato
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Socrates questions Ion, an actor who just won a major prize, about his ability to interpret the epic poetry of Homer. As the dialogue proceeds, the nature of human creativity emerges as a mysterious process and an unsolved puzzle.
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Plato's Republic
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Plato
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Plato was a teacher who wrote in the dialogue form as a means of challenging his students to think deeply about fundamental questions. Consider this hypothesis: Plato wrote each book of The Republic to be performed by actors playing characters such as Socrates, Glaucon, Ademantus, Thrasymachus.
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Plato's Symposium
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Plato
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The dramatic nature of Plato's dialogues is delightfully evident in the Symposium. The marriage between character and thought bursts forth as the guests gather at Agathon's house to celebrate the success of his first tragedy.
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Reflections on the Mind of Plato
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Joseph Norio Uemura
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In the twenty-four centuries that have passed since the Athenians put Socrates to death, every generation has interpreted the meaning of Plato's work differently. Joseph Uemura guides us through six dialogues in an effort to promote a dialectical quest rather than seek a final resting place.
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