Didn't know what forum to post this, thought this would be a good place as anyway ....
I'm a fan of reading the classic's, this roughly 50 min lecture gives an excellent place to start and excellent points on choosing.
http://youtu.be/cVLpdzhcU0g (http://youtu.be/cVLpdzhcU0g)
Quote from: Pagan on January 02, 2014, 02:41:13 PM
Didn't know what forum to post this, thought this would be a good place as anyway ....
I'm a fan of reading the classic's, this roughly 50 min lecture gives an excellent place to start and excellent points on choosing.
http://youtu.be/cVLpdzhcU0g (http://youtu.be/cVLpdzhcU0g)
Here ya go.
http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/books/ (http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/books/)
Cool, if you could move the thread that'd be great
Thanx
Quote from: Pagan on January 02, 2014, 02:41:13 PM
Didn't know what forum to post this, thought this would be a good place as anyway ....
I'm a fan of reading the classic's, this roughly 50 min lecture gives an excellent place to start and excellent points on choosing.
http://youtu.be/cVLpdzhcU0g (http://youtu.be/cVLpdzhcU0g)
I'm going to add this book to my list of things to read. I've always wanted to but never made the time.
Do you have a review you'd like to share on it?
Traditionally, the first work of Plato to study was not the
Republic, but who cares about tradition nowadays.
At any rate, here is the Platonist Thomas Taylor's Introduction to his many translations of Plato. It is much more than a review of texts.
Prometheus Trust is an excellent source for all sorts of Greek classics, both in translation and a series of Introductory books.
http://www.prometheustrust.co.uk/Thomas_Taylors_intro_to_Plato.pdf (http://www.prometheustrust.co.uk/Thomas_Taylors_intro_to_Plato.pdf)
Here is the traditional sequence of study:
QuoteAt present we are using the ancient Platonic schools' first cycle of ten dialogues which, as far as we can tell, was the accepted path through the writings of Plato for students coming to the tradition.
The ten dialogue cycle is: First Alcibiades - Gorgias - Phaedo - Cratylus - Theaetetus - Sophist - Statesman - Phaedrus - Symposium - Philebus.
I surprised myself to find that I already had The Republic in my library...that's a thick book, though...might have to get to it next year
An excellent way to dive into Plato's writing, with illumination by Proclus and a couple of Prometheus Trust thinkers:
Know Thyself: Plato's First Alcibiades with Commentary from Proclus
An American distributor for Prometheus is this Opening Mind site:
https://openingmind.net/shop/ (https://openingmind.net/shop/)