Ep. 226 - Plato's Fascinating Thoughts on God and the World w/Dr. David Talcott

In episode 226 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. David Talcott to discuss his forthcoming book, Plato, in the Great Thinkers series from P&R publishing. If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspensees Sub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/ Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Intro to David Talcott's book, Plato 10:03 - Who is Plato? 16:59 - The Socratic Problem 23:48 - Why Socratic Dialogue? 31:28 - What's Plato's best Dialogue? 33:10 - Plato argues against ancient materialism 41:49 - Plato's Beauty vs. Materialism 45:51 - Plato's View of Knowledge 51:19 - Do We Recollect The Form of Horse or Grasp it? 57:15 - God and the Forms 1:01:10 - Did Plato Prepare the Way for Jesus? 1:05:35 - Plato's Views of God