Showing posts with label Plato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plato. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave: A metaphor for the ages

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Plato wrote many great works, such as his records of the  trial of Socrates . Specifically, his work “Apology” alone  alone could earn him a...
Monday, April 17, 2023

A review of “Plato” (audiobook)

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“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato .” – Alfr...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

“Man is the measure of all things” … or is he?

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“It is indeed the opinion of Protagoras, who has another way of expressing it. Man, he says, is the measure of all things , of the existence...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

A few problems with Plato’s “Republic” (and his ideal state)

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“You know also that the beginning is the most important part of any work , especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is t...
Saturday, February 25, 2023

The Founding Fathers strongly criticized Plato’s “Republic” (and for good reason)

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“Socrates had reason indeed to complain of the misrepresentations of Plato ; for in truth his dialogues are libels on Socrates.” –  Thomas J...
Monday, January 28, 2019

Reading about the trial of Socrates in the original Greek

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“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates at his trial, as recorded by Plato's “Apology” Before beginning this project...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Plato and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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Aristotle "Have you ever heard of Plato? Aristotle? Socrates?" "Yes." "Morons." (Or were they?) ...