The Plato list is intended to support thoughtful discussion about

the philosophy and the dialogues of Plato. This is one of the

lists hosted by The Free Lance Academy, whose main purpose is to

create opportunities for serious, committed intellectual inquiry

outside the university, primarily by means of online media such

as internet mailing lists. Although this list was originally

established for slow readings of particular dialogues, we have

found that it works better, once a reading of a particular

dialogue gets started, to create a special list of that reading,

rather than mix up a number of different discussions on the same

list. At this point (January, 2000) we have "plato-republic,"

"plato-parmenides" "plato-meno. Lists for other dialogues (or

Plato-related topics) will be created upon request. So this

Plato list should be reserved for more general discussion about

Plato which would not easily fit into a discussion of a single

dialogue. For a brief discussion of what I mean by "slow

reading," please see my essay at

http://freelance-academy.org/slowread.htm.





In the belief that the most effective way to learn something is

to teach it, another of the principal aims of The Free Lance

Academy is to provide opportunities for teaching, especially for

people who might not otherwise have such an opportunity. If you

would like to become a discussion leader of this list or any

other list hosted by The Free Lance Academy, please contact Lance

Fletcher, the President of The Free Lance Academy, at:

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