Hi - I am new to the list and would like to ask for some help regarding the understanding of the divided line. What exactly do the lengths of the parts mean...
Dumitriu Helene
Helene.Dumitriu@...
Jun 9, 2002 6:30 pm
1027
Dear Members, I would be grateful for any advice you could give me on how to teach Plato's Republic to 16/17 year olds – I'll be teaching it for the first...
Dear Mr. Friel, I have led extended seminars on the Republic a half a dozen times. Your student's are an excellent age for this book. How long do you have them...
jkeyser
key@...
Jun 10, 2002 12:01 am
1029
Hello Helene, and Welcome! There aren't any specific lengths for the parts of that line, but there is a ratio amongst them that infinitely many lengths would...
Williams, Frank
Frank.Williams@...
Jun 10, 2002 2:09 pm
1030
Dear J Keyser, Thanks for your reply, For your information: A typical student will take 4 A/S subjects in a year. Philosophy involves 3 modules, eg Theories of...
So I'd like to start the Republic; my reasons are first that I'm interested in ethics and Alasdair MacIntyre (in A Short History of Ethics) considers the...
This is partly a test message. I approved the following message for distribution yesterday, but I have yet to receive my own email copy, so I am not sure that...
Note from list owner: The following message was posted by Thomas yesterday. It was delayed partly because his account was still moderated and partly because...
... From: "lrfletcher" About translations, I have a strong preference for Allan Bloom. Thanks to the Perseus site, we all have access to Plato's Greek, as well...
How to age happily: one must be of a calm KOSMIOS and happy nature EUKOLOS. From the Gorgias, I know that being calm and ordered (Kosmios) is one of Plato's...
Four messages have been posted recently by Thomas Carlson (tc266@...). They appear in the YahooGroups archive for the plato-republic list, but I have...
OK, everybody can stop telling me that they have received the messages. I have solved the problem and I am appropriately embarrassed: It turns out that I...
Now that I have taken care of my personal message distribution problem, I need to say: 1. Thanks, Thomas, for proposing a new slow reading of the Republic,...
... From: "Lancelot R. Fletcher" > 2. Wait up! By the standards of slow reading I fear you are rushing ahead with blinding speed. We haven't even begun to ...
... What makes you think this was a "shift" from Plato? Yours, Bernard Bernard F. SUZANNE (bernard.suzanne@...) Plato and his dialogues:...
Bernard SUZANNE
bernard.suzanne@...
Aug 25, 2002 5:28 pm
1042
... What about the idea that Plato might be staging a dialogue in which Socrates will discuss about justice all night long with a bunch of youth from Athens...
Bernard SUZANNE
bernard.suzanne@...
Aug 25, 2002 5:41 pm
1043
... I see your point. There seems to be to trends in Plato's work, an early Socratic one and a later dogmatic one, so both are redings are legitimate of ...
Hello Thomas, Thomas wrote: [snip] ... I think the thing to notice is that Plato has Socrates narrate this dialogue. Socrates is telling a story about what...
Hello Thomas, ... pages per ... studied ... has 294 ... would take ... Please, have you considered the following points? 1. The ancient Platonists might have...
Since I have been watching the list, over, I would suppose,the last five years; we have started a slow reading of the republic at least three times. I...
... [ I guess you mean "tWo trends"] ... [do you mean "readings" or "red herrings"?!...:>)] ... ["Bla, bla, bla...."] I don't think you see my point, and I...
Bernard SUZANNE
bernard.suzanne@...
Aug 26, 2002 5:12 am
1048
Cheers for Jeffrey! A good plan, for the reasons given. Take about a month per book, then move on; and try not to spend the whole month on the 1st paragraph...
Williams, Frank
Frank.Williams@...
Aug 26, 2002 11:21 am
1049
... From: plato-republic@yahoogroups.com [mailto:plato-republic@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 6:54 PM To: plato-republic@yahoogroups.com ...
Cephalus: "for to the good-(EPIEIKES) poor man old age cannot be a light burden, nor can a bad-(not good: ME EPIEIKES) rich man ever have peace with himself." ...
... From: "Bernard SUZANNE" ... other scholar for that matter, may write about "early", "middle" and "late" Plato, about Plato's "dogmatism", about his...
Hello Frank and Jeffrey, I understand completely the frustration. It is something I have been aware of for a long time. While I, personally, agree with Lance...
It is interesting that the Republic begins with a group discussion. Plato generally uses a duet, in which one party has the major side of the conversion. The ...
MEGISTON AGATHON the greatest good, blessing, is put forward by Socrates (and DIKAIOSUNE, justice). Cephalus has the value of EPIEIKES, suitable, good outer...
... You are still beside the point, because you keep focusing on what PLATO thought. The question is: "Did Plato write DIALOGUES in which he never shows up in...
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