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A Primer on Plato: His Life, Works, and Philosophy
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March 9, 2024
"𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 -- 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘣 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴.
𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘢 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵, 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘛, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.
𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩.
𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯. 𝘐𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺.
𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺."
This was a nice introduction to the works of Plato. I enjoyed the read.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘣 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴.
𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘢 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵, 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘛, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.
𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩.
𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯. 𝘐𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺.
𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺."
This was a nice introduction to the works of Plato. I enjoyed the read.
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