I’m going to take a slightly different approach with Plato’s Apology. The work is remarkable and I think worth exploring (or revisiting for those who have already read it) so I’ll take extra time and posts to quote excerpts and make comments along the way. I’d like to quote the first paragraph of the introduction […]
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Online resources for Plato CONTENTS: Euthyphro Glad to reward anyone who is willing to listen They will listen if they think you show them well To be laughed at does not matter Apology John M. Cooper’s introduction Socrates’ introduction (17a – 18a) Additional charges (18a – 19a) Prejudice, sophistry, and the oracle (19a – 21a) […]
Update: I have attached the schedule for anyone still thinking about joining the reading group–please do! The first call is on Monday. Follow the link in the original post for more details. Conference Call Schedule 2011 Monday, April 11 – Intro. call Monday, May 2 – Book 1 Monday, June 6 – Book 2 Monday, […]
My earlier posts on Euthyphro provide links to the text and commentary. They also cover some of the drama, arguments and general online resources on Plato. This post covers some final thoughts on Euthyphro. All quotes from the dialogue in this post are from the translation by G.M.A. Grube. Since the Euthyphro ends in an […]
Several versions of Euthyphro are available online, including translations by Benjamin Jowett and Cathal Woods and Ryan Pack. LibriVox has an audio version of the dialogue. Online guides to the dialogue can be found by at the Wikipedia summary. My first post on Euthyphro can be found here and my online resources post for Plato can is located […]
From the introduction of Euthyphro in Plato: Complete Works, edited by John M. Cooper: The scene is the agora or central marketplace of Athens, before the offices of the magistrate who registers and makes preliminary inquiries into charges brought under the laws protecting the city from the gods’ displeasure. There Socrates meets Euthyphro—Socrates is on […]
I throw this out for anyone that was interested in Bloodlands since this book focuses on some of the same area but expands the history. Because of the price, I probably won’t be buying it any time soon but I’ll definitely look for this in nearby libraries. From the description at the Oxford University Press: […]
A reading of the poem that Elizabeth Taylor asked Colin Farrell to read at her funeral…but read by Richard Burton, appropriately enough. The Leaden Echo And The Golden Echo (Maidens’ song from St. Winefred’s Well) Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89) THE LEADEN ECHO How to keep–is there any any, is there none such, nowhere known some, […]
From Wired.com: The finished Strahov library panorama, released Tuesday on Martin’s website, is a zoomable, high-resolution peek inside one of Prague’s most beautiful halls, a repository of rare books that is usually off-limits to tourists (a few of whom can be seen standing behind the velvet rope at the room’s normal viewing station). Martin’s panorama […]