Dialogue on The Parmenides, Session 1: The One and the Many
In the first of two sessions on the Parmenides, members of the Toronto Philosophy, Calgary Philosophy, and Chicago Philosophy Meetup groups met on June 5, 2022 to discuss the first part of Plato’s mos...
11 Jun 20221h 51min
Dialogue on The Statesman, Session 3: Harmony in Time
In the conclusion of Plato’s Statesman, the Visitor from Elea describes the role of time and the ruler who understands the consequences of time’s causes and effects (as both one and many) to maintain ...
28 Mai 20221h 43min
Dialogue on The Statesman, Session 2: The Mean and The Extremes
We often use the term “social fabric” by way of analogy to the complex economic and governing relationships woven into communities of people. In Plato’s Statesman, the Visitor from Elea equates the ar...
14 Mai 20221h 52min
Dialogue on The Statesman, Session 1: Ripple of Hope
Is the leader born with the skills of statesmanship, or else what is the source of the expertise and theoretical knowledge that the statesman puts into practice in ruling over people? In the opening p...
30 Apr 20222h 3min
Dialogue On The Sophist, Session 3: The Forms In A Harmony Of Difference
Our dialogue on the Sophist concluded on April 3, 2022 when participants from the Toronto Philosophy and Calgary Philosophy Meetup groups considered the changing use of language in the communication o...
9 Apr 20222h 2min
Dialogue On The Sophist, Session 2: The Forms Whole And One
Is there relevance today, 2,400 years after Plato raised it in The Sophist, to the question of what “that which is” is? Participants from the Toronto Philosophy and Calgary Philosophy Meetup groups be...
26 Mar 20222h 3min
Dialogue On The Sophist, Session 1: Continuous Division
While the word “sophist” is no longer in general use, there are many examples today of sophistry which is the selling of expertise. How does the buyer know the expertise claimed is real, or whether th...
12 Mar 20222h
Dialogue On Phaedo, Session 3: Form And Cause
Is the mind the cause of change and of differences in physical outcomes, as Socrates states in the conclusion of the Phaedo, or is it like software responding to the physical hardware of the body? The...
26 Feb 20222h
