Plato's Dialogues

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

Also, here is a link to a relatively short article written a few years ago by Dr. Gilbert S. Suzawa that I thought was interesting. https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/jped.2013.4.issue-2/jped-2013-0012/jped-2013-0012.pdf

Ambiguity seemed like a hot-button topic during last Monday's class. The ambiguity of teaching seems to come from an individual's ability to perceive concepts differently depending on who their teacher is and what is being taught. Plato's character, Socrates, seems to avoid the ambiguity of difficult concepts such as justice and virtue by attempting to speak the language of the discourse community that surrounds him. Plato provides Socrates with literary tools that allow his audience to use personal experiences as a basis for the concepts they are attempting to define. I made the analogy for teaching virtue (or concepts such as love, friendship, etc.) as teaching a language in Monday's class because although one can be taught how to spell a word, I believe that only through practice and experience can one learn how to apply it.