Miles Burnyeat on Plato: Section 3

The dialogues of Plato are analyzed in this program by Cambridge philosophy professor Miles Burnyeat. Seeing Plato's ideas initially as extensions of those of his teacher, Socrates, Burnyeat explains the development and content of Plato's original; doctrines of knowledge as virtue, the immortality and tripartite division of the soul, and the theory of forms (ideas). Plato's political philosophy is discussed within the context of the notion of the ideal state-a political utopia ruled by philosopher kings.

[@johnrocke6097]

when listening to Miles Burnyeat I have an uneasy feeling that I am listening to an honest man that can be trusted. I would like to invite him to dinner if it was possible.

[@redetrigan]

There's something funny and delightful about the way Burnyeat says "they're so alive."
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[@getsemanimarquez]

i know what you mean, textbooks over explains it and it looses its meaning. Burnyeat did a great job, straight to the point.

[@aligisbak69]

Plato's republic is an ideal society that he uses to unfold the secrets of the world upon the believer .Forms are the perfected versions of everything. For instance, beauty is real, but on earth, everything we would consider to embody beauty is merely a copy, from sunsets to flowers to grass. Another good example of one of Plato's forms is the circle. It is obviously not possible to create a perfect circle but you can create a copy of one here on Earth