read Plato's The Republic

outstanding!!! the second time i read it that is

I didn’t think I would be as stimulated by this experience as I was. I kept finding myself wanting to travel back in time and argue with Plato, as well as being humbled in moments by his wisdom. To me, this is a “dangerous” book to take at face value. Plato, I think, teaches by trickery at times, leading us astray with the manifest content of the book so that our minds, in arguing against it, will construct deeper meanings.

I do plan on reading this again some day!

Anything Plato is worth reading! You can’t beat the classics, and this one is filled with issues that still touch modern day society and politics. Go for it!

and listening to lectures just dipping into book VII. This has been a very positive experience. It’s exciting to be learning something so very new – it’s like discovering something for the first time when you’re a little kid!!!

OMG! Now that I’ve finished book 3, I’m thinking that this Plato fellow (or Socrates, his sock puppet) has a really destructive view of justice and society. Of course, he preceded Hitler and Stalin by a few millenia …

Right along with the third lecture. That Socrates character is funny!!! Seriously, I’m laughing harder at this than at A Confederacy of Dunces ... and nobody ever gave Plato a Pulitzer!

and some others. I’ve got to finish Book I by tomorrow night to keep up with the lecture series. It’s interesting to note that the Greek title isn’t “The Republic,” but is more correctly translated “The Regime.”

From listening to the introductory lectures, it sounds like this book ought to be compulsory reading for civics classes.

the Teaching Company’s lecture series on Plato’s Republic. (currently on sale for $35 if you download them)

Now I have to rush out and buy the book. It makes no sense to listen to a lecture series on a book without actually reading the book!!!

This has been referenced in a number of other lecture series that I’ve listened to, including lectures on Freedom, on Existentialism, and on Axiology (values). This will be the first time I’ve set out to read a classical philosopher. I’m excited and a bit nervous.

I read this about 6 weeks ago. This is an interesting book (and very influential), especially in how relevant the discussions are to today’s world (I found Plato’s description of salespeople amusing…). It wasn’t a very difficult book and was pretty short. I don’t know hoe anyone else feels about this, but I really felt like this book put into words some of the beliefs I had, but couldn’t quite describe.

That darn cave… that darn philosophy class that led me to read this… Hard to get through sometimes, but then again, reading Greek classics is pretty self-satisfying to be able to say you’ve done it.