Symposium was one of Plato’s work that really resonated to me when I first started studying philosophy (was much younger and single’r). I hadn’t ever thought about the mouthpiece vs characters aspect in philosophy specifically. Excellent point. Been a while since I read Plato, I might need to pick it up again...
Meanwhile, I'm stuck with the Mentor paperback translated by Rouse, which is given over mostly to The Republic, with only a handful of dialogues. Oh well. I am neither a student or teacher, just a reader for pleasure, and my only regret is that there is no audio book read by Mel Brooks. Wouldn't that be something?
Funny timing. A colleague and I have recently started a philosophical reading group and the first item up for discussion happens to be Jowett's version of the Euthyphro. I studied him ages ago from the same translation, but back then I was far less discerning with which translation I went with. Seems I lucked out on the first try!
The Penguin Classics edition of the Early Socratic Dialogues is almost worth it just for Hippias Minor alone, a sneaky dark horse contender for the most readable dialogue from Plato. Timaeus also has the brilliant germ of the myth of Atlantis. Do you ever compare the Apologia of Plato with that of Xenophon?
Just to let you know that, once again, Barnes and Noble leatherbound collection has done a good job. You can find a one volume Jowett translation of The Republic, Symposium, Phaedrus, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. 743 pages, published in 2013 and still on sale, for 25$.
Plato might be the first philosopher, but he is a great writer and is fun. Socrates is a boring pedant, and his questions give me the pip. I loved this series and particularly this video.
So Plato was the artist philosopher - and is enjoyable and Aristotle is the dull and boring professor who takes interesting research and topics and turns it into the clod-thumpingly boring lectures and we just have his lecture notes?
Did I just hear Steve say he enjoys reading the works of a philosopher? I must be in an alternate universe.
Symposium was one of Plato’s work that really resonated to me when I first started studying philosophy (was much younger and single’r). I hadn’t ever thought about the mouthpiece vs characters aspect in philosophy specifically. Excellent point. Been a while since I read Plato, I might need to pick it up again...
Meanwhile, I'm stuck with the Mentor paperback translated by Rouse, which is given over mostly to The Republic, with only a handful of dialogues. Oh well. I am neither a student or teacher, just a reader for pleasure, and my only regret is that there is no audio book read by Mel Brooks. Wouldn't that be something?
Funny timing. A colleague and I have recently started a philosophical reading group and the first item up for discussion happens to be Jowett's version of the Euthyphro. I studied him ages ago from the same translation, but back then I was far less discerning with which translation I went with. Seems I lucked out on the first try!
The Penguin Classics edition of the Early Socratic Dialogues is almost worth it just for Hippias Minor alone, a sneaky dark horse contender for the most readable dialogue from Plato.
Timaeus also has the brilliant germ of the myth of Atlantis. Do you ever compare the Apologia of Plato with that of Xenophon?
Just to let you know that, once again, Barnes and Noble leatherbound collection has done a good job. You can find a one volume Jowett translation of The Republic, Symposium, Phaedrus, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. 743 pages, published in 2013 and still on sale, for 25$.
I downloaded from Gutenberg Project Republic and Sophist both translated by Benjamin Jowett.
Plato might be the first philosopher, but he is a great writer and is fun. Socrates is a boring pedant, and his questions give me the pip. I loved this series and particularly this video.
Let's march in March:))) We don't need more encouragement than these videos. We're ready:))))
Oh yes . Waiting eagerly to get back to Ancient Rome
I’ve always liked Plato to some extent. Then Aristotle cape around and ruined it for everyone.
So Plato was the artist philosopher - and is enjoyable and Aristotle is the dull and boring professor who takes interesting research and topics and turns it into the clod-thumpingly boring lectures and we just have his lecture notes?