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Plato

  • Apology - Presentation 1

    10 DEC 2023 · The traditional beginning of Platonic philosophy. The reported statements made by Socrates during the trial at which he was condemned to death by the state. This presentation by Roger Weir was delivered on January 4, 1990. More information about these presentations can be found at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations and on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAT4RlOV8tiPGEKQ4fhACPA
    1h 20m 11s
  • Phaedo - Presentation 2

    13 DEC 2023 · The Dialogue concerned with life after death during Socrates final hours of life in prison. This presentation by Roger Weir was delivered on January 11, 1990. More information about these presentations can be found at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations and on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAT4RlOV8tiPGEKQ4fhACPA
    1h 29m 37s
  • Gorgias - Presentation 3

    16 DEC 2023 · Socrates' dialogue with the famous teacher of Rhetoric who champions Power as the greatest good for man leading to happiness. This presentation by Roger Weir was originally delivered on January 18, 1990. More information about these presentations can be found at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations and on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAT4RlOV8tiPGEKQ4fhACPA
    1h 25m 53s
  • Meno - Presentation 4

    19 DEC 2023 · Can goodness or essential virtue be taught on the basis of remembrance from past lives? What teacher could do this? Socrates says: "Such a man would be a solid reality among shadows." This presentation by Roger Weir was originally delivered on January 25, 1990. More information about these presentations can be found at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations and on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAT4RlOV8tiPGEKQ4fhACPA
    1h 21m 11s
  • Protagoras - Presentation 5

    21 DEC 2023 · Socrates questions the greatest Sophist of the day about what it is exactly that he teaches. One of Plato's most enduring portraits of men juggling the roots of ethics and social power. Is "Man the Measure of all things?" This is the fifth presentation in a series on Plato created and presented by Roger Weir. More information about these presentations can be found at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations and on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAT4RlOV8tiPGEKQ4fhACPA
    1h 29m 45s
  • Phaedrus - Presentation 6

    23 DEC 2023 · The great conversation about love as the beginning of the understanding that we should seek "The Beyond" and about the nature and function of language in this seeking. This is the sixth presentation of a series on Plato created and presented by Roger Weir in 1990. More information about these presentations can be found at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations and on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAT4RlOV8tiPGEKQ4fhACPA
    1h 23m 35s
  • Symposium - Presentation 7

    26 DEC 2023 · "The most brilliant of all Plato's achievements as dramatic artist.'' A.E. Taylor. This is the seventh presentation in a series about Plato created and presented by Roger Weir. More information about these presentations can be found at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations and on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAT4RlOV8tiPGEKQ4fhACPA
    1h 29m 28s
  • Republic - Presentation 8

    1 JAN 2024 · In this greatest dialogue of the entire work Plato uses logic and myth to disclose the philosophic structure of Plato's Republic ''By what rules shall man live?'' This presentation was originally delivered by Roger Weir on February 22, 1990. More information about these presentations can be found at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations and on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAT4RlOV8tiPGEKQ4fhACPA
    1h 26m 24s
  • Theaetetus - Presentation 9

    4 JAN 2024 · What is Knowledge? Pythagorean in tone this Socratic dialogue finally characterizes the free man who "always has time at his disposal to converse in peace at his leisure." This presentation was originally delivered by Roger Weir on March 1, 1990. More information about these presentations can be found at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations and on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAT4RlOV8tiPGEKQ4fhACPA
    1h 27m 35s
  • Parmenides - Presentation 10

    7 JAN 2024 · The most puzzling of all Plato's works. No consensus yet exists on the exact meaning of this mysterious excursion into truth and its way. This is a presentation originally delivered by Roger Weir on March 8, 1990. More information about these presentations can be found at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations and on our https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAT4RlOV8tiPGEKQ4fhACPA
    1h 28m 33s

This series is a basic introduction to a major root source of the entire Western Philosophic Tradition. This is a rare opportunity to survey an essential heritage. We will follow...

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This series is a basic introduction to a major root source of the entire Western Philosophic Tradition. This is a rare opportunity to survey an essential heritage. We will follow the translations in the Collected Dialogues of Plato, Bollingen Series LXXI, Princeton University Press.

This collection of presentations was delivered by Roger Weir in 1990 and 1991.

More information about these presentations can be found at
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii

More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation website and on our YouTube channel
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