
Reading Plato | The New Thinkery Ep. 4
The New Thinkery
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The Strongest Counterargument to Reading Plato Dramatically
Philosophy is seems to be inseparable from the question of how to read Plato, right? You always have to revisit that question. I think as we pay attention to the dramatic aspect of the dialogues, just like most people think about any conversation you have,. So much of the situation is going on in a circumstance to help us understand what's going on. Like if Alex is explaining his wife what he did last night versus he explained to me in bar late at night, those conversations are going to look different.
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