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Observations from Book 1
The overall method of delivery is often jarring. Incomplete definitions of a particular subject are presented only to be followed by long reams of questions and qualifications. The “debate” aspect, if you will, often obfuscates the point being made. One thing I loved was the discussion of virtue (arete) as both superior functionality and moral rectitude (ie proper doing and right being).
— Feb 25, 2025 06:46PM
The overall method of delivery is often jarring. Incomplete definitions of a particular subject are presented only to be followed by long reams of questions and qualifications. The “debate” aspect, if you will, often obfuscates the point being made. One thing I loved was the discussion of virtue (arete) as both superior functionality and moral rectitude (ie proper doing and right being).
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Plato’s Republic was a work I first picked up during senior year of college for my senior thesis. Regrettably, it became a text that was more picked through for ideas and quotes than one that was read in its entirety for what it was. As I begin an effort to read a broad swath of philosophical authors and self-teach myself the basics of philosophy, I figured that returning here at the onset would be fitting.
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Thomas
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Plato’s Republic was a work I first picked up during senior year of college for my senior thesis. Regrettably, it became a text that was more picked through for ideas and quotes than one that was read in its entirety for what it was. As I begin an effort to read a broad swath of philosophical authors and self-teach myself the basics of philosophy, I figured that returning here at the onset would be fitting.
— Jan 01, 2025 11:21AM
