
HoP 018 - In Dialogue - The Life And Writings Of Plato
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Plato's Dialogues
Plato was a self critical philosopher and liked to explore the same problems from numerous angles. There are no simple trajectories along which plato's mind travelled over the course of his career. Every dialogue is a world unto itself, and should be considered on its own before bringing it into relation with other dialogues. A much better way to read plato is one dialogue at a time. I won't yet reveal which dialogues i have in mind, but here's a hint. In one dialogue, socrates squares off against a pair of pugilistic brothers, and in the other, he tries to cure a young man's headache. That's two unloved dialogues next week
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