Platonic Thought of the Week: 20
So, if we are going to save our initial argument whereby our guardians, set apart from all the other artificers, should be artificers of the freedom of the city, in the strictest sense, and engage in no other pursuit that does not lead in this direction, then it is...
Platonic Thought of the Week: 19
And there is no other cause of all this except the origin of this entire argument, directed by Glaucon and myself towards you, Socrates, to make the case that; “come on my wonderful man, of all of you who claim to be champions of justice, beginning with the earliest...
Essay: The Georgian Caper – some reflections from 2008
2008: Think Piece written by John Dillon. By the time you read this, I should be in deepest Siberia – the University of Novosibirsk, to be specific — talking about Plato; and I was actually hoping there to meet, among others, a Georgian colleague, Levan...
Platonic Thought of the Week: 18
Now as soon as Cephalus saw me he greeted me and said; Socrates, you don’t often come down to the Peiraeus to see us; but you should. Yes, if I were still able to make my way, easily to the city, there would be no need for you to come here, since we could go to you;...