Theo’s philosopy – More Plato
The Republic is the work that pops up in people’s minds when they think about Plato. Take my advice and don’t start with it. The protagonist in Plato’s writings is a rather strange character called Socrates who was Plato’s teacher. This Socrates can be infuriating, often engaging in dialogues with innocent passersby, only to systematically (sometimes well, sometimes it must be said with rather dubious arguments) show that what the person thought they know they really didn’t. His mission, to show man how ignorant he is, can often make the reader uninterested in Socrates. However Plato’s works which deal with the trial and the events surrounding the trial of Socrates obtain a dramatic element which makes the reader more engaged and in my opinion the concepts better articulated. Plato’s books the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito (my favorite) and Phaedo are all relatively short and have been compiled together under the title The Last Days of Socrates. It is when faced with death that we can relate with the heroic Character of Socrates and his mission to live what he saw as the good life.
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