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Republic Book One: Polemarchus (331e-336a)
Today on Ascend: The Great Books Podcast, we continue our slow, beautiful pilgrimage through Plato’s Republic. Last week Dr. Alex Priou walked us through the opening and the dialogue with Cephalus. This week we focus on Polemarchus, Cephalu...
Did Jesus Come to Earth Prior to His Birth?
On the Pre-Incarnate Christ in the Old Testament
Did Jesus appear in the Old Testament?
Plato’s Gorgias: War, Rhetoric, and the Purpose of Life
Plato’s Gorgias is a war, as the first line already declares (“In war and battle, this is the way to do your part,” 447a), for the souls of Athens’ youth and for every reader who has ever wondered how we ought to live. Socrates faces three...
37 Questions on Plato’s Gorgias
On war, rhetoric, and the purpose of life
Dear Ascend Book Club Members,
A Discussion on Plato’s Meno
The Meno is an incredible dialogue. Presumably about virtue, it also showcases how souls respond to instruction; thus, it is often one of the first dialogues many students of Plato read. It is, however, much more complicated than other “fir...
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