Reading Plato | The New Thinkery Ep. 4

1

Introduction

00:00 • 2min

2

How to Read Play-Doh

01:41 • 2min

3

The Importance of Dialogue in Philosophy

03:12 • 4min

4

The Death of a Cat

07:32 • 2min

5

The Power of Plato's Dialogue

09:20 • 5min

6

The Systematic Thought of Descartes

14:07 • 2min

7

The History of Plato's Dialogues

15:48 • 3min

8

Socrates' Dialogues With Oddballs

19:06 • 3min

9

How Socrates Gets the Better of Oddballs

21:37 • 6min

10

The Transformation of Socrates

27:29 • 3min

11

The Drama of Dialogues

30:30 • 2min

12

The Strongest Counterargument to Reading Plato Dramatically

32:42 • 5min

13

The Importance of Listening to the Drama

37:39 • 3min

14

Socrates' Irony

40:24 • 6min

15

The Obstemius Aesthetic

46:18 • 3min

16

Plato's Socrates

49:26 • 2min

17

The Differences Between Systematic and Orthocratic Philosophy

51:17 • 2min

18

The Importance of Starting Points in Philosophy

53:02 • 4min

19

Greg McBryer on the Laws

57:28 • 3min

20

The Relevance of Plato in Philosophy

01:00:33 • 4min

21

The Effect of Plato on Writing

01:05:01 • 3min

22

How to Kill an Endangered White Rain Ostrich

01:07:52 • 2min