06 – Plato

Background Browsing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato

Prof Notes
http://wpscape.info/mw/index.php?title=Plato


Selected DIALOGUES


Alcibiades
http://www.san.beck.org/Alcibiades.html
Note: Plutarch wrote a life of Alcibiades.

Phaedrus
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/plato/p71phs/index.html
Note: there are three speeches in this dialogue; be very careful how you quote the second one.

Symposium
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/plato/p71sy/symposium.html
Note: find “Diotima” for the final answer.

Speech of Aristophanes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4paSMqKYXtY


Republic
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/plato/p71r/contents.html
Note: find “wisdom” in Book IV.

Allegory of the Cave (Book VII)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EPz5z1pUag
Note: narrated by Orson Welles.


Timaeus
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/plato/p71ti/index.html

Platonic Solids (Background)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid

Platonic Solids (Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voUVDAgFtho

Prof Notes
http://wpscape.info/mw/index.php?title=Timaeus


Selected Database Hits

Hacking, Ian. “Why Is There Philosophy Of Mathematics AT ALL?.” South African Journal Of Philosophy 30.1 (2011): 1-15. Religion and Philosophy Collection. Web. 17 Aug. 2013.

Payne, Andrew. “The Division Of Goods And Praising Justice For Itself In Republic II.” Phronesis 56.1 (2011): 58-78. Religion and Philosophy Collection. Web. 17 Aug. 2013.

Kraugerud, Hanne Andrea. “‘Essentially Social’? A Discussion Of The Spirited Part Of The Soul In Plato.” European Journal Of Philosophy 18.4 (2010): 481-494. Religion and Philosophy Collection. Web. 17 Aug. 2013.