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Plato's Dialogues

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January 20, 2017

My name is Audrey McDonald and I am training to be a philosophical business woman.

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The Institute on Religion and Public Life

March 10, 2017

Here is a link to an article written by the President of Theopolis Institute, Peter Leithart, that touches base on some of the points discussed during Monday's scheduled class period. https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/2017/02/plato-among-the-poets

Importance of the Argument

April 02, 2017

I am having second thoughts about my essay now that it's due date has arrived. I chose to write about the argument of forms because that perplexed me the most and I don't think I am capable of writing a short essay on all the arguments posed throughout Phaedo. While re-reading the dialogue, I noticed that Socrates did not thoroughly define the theory of forms before Crito, Cebes, and Simmias agreed with him. Perhaps Plato didn't think that Socrates needed to explain himself because he thought so highly of his teacher.

Plato's Socrates

February 09, 2017

I am intrigued by how beautiful Plato made Socrates. Plato did say that the Socrates in his dialogues was made out to be young and beautiful. Why does Plato create an opposite of his historically ugly and elderly mentor? I think that Plato understood societies shallow misconception of true beauty. Plato used a rhetoric that painted an ideal picture for his audience which captured their attention. This image gave Plato an opportunity to educate on some of Socrates most complex philosophical theories. The arguments throughout the dialogues thus far, both the good and the bad, have nevertheless given Socrates a God-like image. If only everyone could be as calm about drinking Hemlock as Socrates...