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Plato's Pod: Dialogues on the works of Plato

James Myers
Timaeus
Plato
Soul
Plato's Laws
Virtue
Geometry
The Laws
Education
Time
Platonic Solids
Pleasure
Reason
Intelligence
Justice
War
Peace
Metaphysics
Cosmic Order
Multiple Universes
Numerical and Geometric Proportion

Welcome to Plato's Pod, a podcast of discussions on the dialogues of Plato, the philosopher and geometer who wrote nearly 2,400 years ago. Hosted by amateur philosopher James Myers, the first four seasons of the podcast featured group discussions and some incredible insights on many of Plato's works. Now in our fifth season, we continue to probe the philosophy of Plato's dialogues, with invited gu... more

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Episode: Plato's Seventh Letter, Part 2: Can Virtue Be Taught?

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Host of discussions on the dialogues of Plato, focusing on philosophy and contemporary issues.

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    Thoughtful discussions and introductions to key parts of the texts. I always find much to ponder and to note down for follow-up reading.

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On Modern Platonist Alain Badiou:"Thinking the Event" to Distinguish the Real from Images on the Wall
Q: Was Badiou influenced by any other Neoplatonists?
His intellectual development is pretty circuitous, and his orientation towards Plato comes in reaction to the prevailing attitudes he saw.
Plato's Laws - Book XII, Part 2: The Nocturnal Council Guarding Virtue
Q: What would be the first law you would write if founding a new colony?
The law of preservation of reason; all laws should be grounded in reason, explaining their purpose in a preamble to ensure the good of the community.
Plato’s Timaeus Revisited, Part III: Perceiving Imitations of Being as they Become
Q: How could it be possible for intelligence to measure the uncertainties of physical motion if intelligence were one and the same with the physical?
Discussion centers around the distinct separation of the soul's ability to observe independently from the physical realm.
Plato’s Timaeus Revisited, Part III: Perceiving Imitations of Being as they Become
Q: Is it logical to think that the physical universe came into being before intelligence?
The responses reflect a mix of acceptance and challenges to this notion, with many pointing to the potential necessity of both existing simultaneously.
Plato's Timaeus Revisited: Part IV - The Soul's Perceptions in the Universal Middle
Q: How does the observer distinguish the limits of the observed?
Observation depends on the proportions among the same, the different, and the equal.

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