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What is a library, if not a gathering place for the soul? In The Plato Library, the dialogues of Plato are read in full, inviting the listener to sit beside Socrates and his companions as they inquire into justice, beauty, love, knowledge, virtue, and the good life. Come, then, and listen. Not as one who already knows, but as one willing to seek.
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In which Socrates and Phaedrus, wandering beside the Ilissus, engage in a delicate discourse on the nature and power of love, distinguishing the lover from the non-lover through speeches that set the stage for deeper ref
In which the discourse unfolds through a profound teaching by Diotima, revealing that love is the pursuit of immortality expressed through generation in beauty, leading the soul to ascend from corporeal attraction to the
In which the nature and power of Love are explored through myth and reason, revealing human origins as once unified beings now divided and yearning to be whole, and Love understood as a profound force binding gods and mo
In which Apollodorus recounts the occasion of a famous banquet at Agathon’s house, where various distinguished guests propose to deliver encomiums in praise of Love, setting the stage for a series of reflections on its n
In which Socrates calmly accepts the cup of poison and gently instructs those around him to bear their sorrow with patience, demonstrating his serene composure amidst farewell. As the fatal draught takes its course, his
In which Socrates leads his companions through a vivid and intricate description of the cosmos and the soul’s journey after death, contrasting the corrupt earthly realm with a purer, more splendid existence beyond. As th
In which Socrates leads his companions through a careful discourse on the absolute forms of beauty, greatness, and life, distinguishing true essences from their particulars and demonstrating how opposites interact and ex
In which Socrates addresses doubts concerning the nature and immortality of the soul, carefully disentangling the arguments that liken it to a mere harmony of bodily elements and demonstrating the inconsistencies therein
In which Socrates gently leads his companions to contemplate the soul’s captivity by bodily desires and the philosopher’s hopeful striving to purify it for a future existence beyond mortal bonds. Yet, as doubts arise thr
In which Socrates and his companions explore the notion that our souls possessed knowledge before birth, recognising eternal and unchanging essences distinct from the mutable and corporeal body. They reflect upon the sou
In which Socrates and his friends deliberate upon the nature of the soul and its liberation from the body, considering how true knowledge and wisdom are attainable only by disentangling the soul from bodily distractions
In which Phaedo recounts the solemn yet serene gathering in the prison where Socrates, surrounded by friends, discourses on the nature of death and the philosopher’s pursuit of truth beyond the body. Through their though
In which Socrates engages Meno in a dialectic exploration of virtue, questioning whether it is knowledge, can be taught, or is a divine gift, whilst examining the nature of true opinion and the existence of teachers of v
In which the young Meno and the contemplative Socrates engage in a probing discourse on the nature and unity of virtue, wrestling with definitions and the coherence of its parts, whilst questioning the possibility of gen
In which the multifarious and sometimes contradictory expressions of Plato’s doctrine of ideas are surveyed with a tempered eye, revealing them as poetic symbols and philosophical aspirations rather than rigid teachings,
In which Socrates and Meno engage in an earnest discourse upon the nature and teachableness of virtue, exploring definitions and the perplexities of knowledge through dialectic and the wondrous demonstration of latent un
In which Socrates encounters Euthyphro at the King Archon’s porch and is drawn into a discourse concerning the nature of piety, prompted by Euthyphro’s peculiar prosecution of his own father for murder. Through careful q
In which Socrates steadfastly defends his lifelong pursuit of virtue and truth, asserting his divine mission to awaken the soul of Athens despite the threat of death, and resolutely refuses to alter his principles for th
In which Socrates, challenged by longstanding rumours and recent accusations alike, offers a candid and unadorned defence, seeking to dispel falsehoods about his character and his reputed wisdom. He recounts his peculiar
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