2018-02-16 NSFRI - Plato - Republic - Book 01 (327a-331d) - How Does the Introduction Foreshadow th
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Date: 2018-03-08

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 Pierre Grimes and the Noetic Society -- 2018-02-16 NSFRI - Plato - Republic - Book 01 (327a-331d) - How Does the Introduction Foreshadow the Rest of the Dialogue?
Dialogue(s): republic Chapters: book01 Sections: 327a-331d This is the first in Pierre's latest (2018) series of Friday-night talks on Plato's The Republic . Having not read through The Republic as a group in some 12 years, we return to it -- this time informed by our reading of The Parmenides and looking for occurrences of αὐτὸς (i.e., 'autos':Self), which Juan has re-translated, and considering the difference such translation makes on our understanding of this great work, and how we can relate to it personally. Tonight, Pierre asks us to consider how Book 1's introduction 'telescopes' or overtures the entire rest of the dialogue. We consider several, and spend time looking at Cephalos. For next time: Pick a character from book 1 or 2 and understand them. Translations Used This time we are primarily reading using our own Juan and Maria Balboa translation of the Republic . We also use W.H.D. Rouse's translation, in Great Dialogues of Plato , ISBN-10: 0451471709; ISBN-13: 978-0451471703 And the Loeb Classical Library 2-volume translation by Paul Shorey: volume 1: books 1-5: ISBN-10: 0674992628; ISBN-13: 978-0674992627 volume 2: books 6-10: ISBN-10: 0674993047; ISBN-13: 978-0674993044 which is also available online at Perseus/Tufts . More info: http://noeticsociety.org