Overview Of Week 6 Readings and Topics

In the sixth class session of our course, we will be working through the fifth Platonic dialogue for this class, Plato's Crito

On Saturday, we will hold our sixth online class session using Zoom. We will be recording the class session, and it will be uploaded for all of you students as an unlisted YouTube video embedded here in our class site (these won't be shared with non-students). After that, I will open the Week 6 Discussion Forum to student comments and questions, so that we can continue the discussion throughout the week

The specific topics we will be working through during this week's class session are:

  • Crito’s proposal to save Socrates
  • Socrates reminder about past principles
  • The many vs the wise
  • Personification of the Laws
  • The Laws’ argument

You will doubtless find it useful to read through Plato's dialogue, the Crito before our class session, perhaps more than once. You will also likely discover that rereading that portion of the text after participating in or watching the class session will help you develop a deeper understanding of Plato's ideas.

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