Synopsis
Each week we read through, summarize, and explain a different text in Philosophy.
Episodes
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Plato's Laws Book 9: Philosophy by the Book Episode 51
11/07/2017 Duration: 15minHow should we legislate against crime? What sort of punishments are useful to a perfect society? Are we to focus on retribution or rehabilitation? And what's the goal of all these laws anyway? facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophybythebook
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Plato's Laws Book 8: Philosophy by the Book Episode 50
11/07/2017 Duration: 09minHow often should our city celebrate festivals? What sort of relationships are to be encouraged among citizens? Are we going to allow foreigners to live in our city? facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophybythebook
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Plato's Laws Book 7: Philosophy by the Book Episode 49
11/07/2017 Duration: 11minHow are children to be educated? Should they learn music? Literature? Should men and women be educated equally? facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophybythebook
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Plato's Laws Book 6: Philosophy by the Book Episode 48
11/07/2017 Duration: 13minHow are officers to be appointed in an ideal state? Will slavery be instituted? How is marriage to be regulated? facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophybythebook
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Plato's Laws Book 5: Philosophy by the Book Episode 47
04/06/2017 Duration: 10minNow that we know how to frame a law, we start to actually lay some down. What should laws be established for? Who should institute them? Who should rule before rulers are chosen? How do we choose those rulers?
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Plato's Laws Book 4: Philosophy by the Book Episode 46
03/05/2017 Duration: 09minHow should laws be written? Should we accept foreigners into our ideal city? What would government be like if men were ruled by angels? Installment 4 in the Laws.
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Plato's Laws 3: Philosophy By The Book Episode 45
11/03/2017 Duration: 10minWhat is the main goal of the statesman in his creation of laws? Which ancient state best represents monarchy and which democracy?
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Plato's Laws 2: Philosophy by the Book Episode 44
21/02/2017 Duration: 13minDid you know drinking parties are actually educational?
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Plato's Laws Book 1: Philosophy by the Book Episode 43
05/01/2017 Duration: 13minIf the Republic cannot be followed, how are we to form our laws? What role does drinking have in the public good?
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Plato's Philebus Part 3: Philosophy by the Book Episode 42
07/12/2016 Duration: 14minWhich is closer to the good? Pleasure? Or Reason? facebook: http://facebook.com/philosophybythebook
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Plato's Philebus Part 2 Philosophy by the Book Episode 41
09/11/2016 Duration: 15minWhat are the greatest pleasures? Is a life of knowledge or a life of pleasure the greatest good? Can a life without pain be also free of pleasure?
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Philebus Part 1: Philosophy by the Book Episode 40
29/09/2016 Duration: 13minWhat's better, pleasure or knowledge? Or maybe a mix of both? Are things in the world limited, or unlimited? Or maybe a mix of both? And what does this second set of questions have to do with the first.
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Statesman Part 2: Philosophy by the Book Episode 39
29/09/2016 Duration: 13minWhat exactly does it mean to be a king? And more importantly, what if we can't find a good one? Does it make sense to create laws? And if someone comes along that seems better than the laws, should we follow him? Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophybythebook
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Plato's Statesman part 1: Philosophy by the Book Episode 38
06/09/2016 Duration: 12minHow is a king like a weaver? Are comparisons and simplifications even helpful? And what exactly does a king do?
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Plato's Sophist part 2 Philosophy by the Book Episode 37
06/09/2016 Duration: 18minFinally we demonstrate if its possible to lie. Turns out that it is. We give a final definition of a sophist as well.
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Philosophy by the Book Episode 36: Plato's Sophist Part 1
19/08/2016 Duration: 12minWhat exactly is a Sophist? And how do we go about defining anything for that matter? Facebook: www.facebook.com/philosophybythebook
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Philosophy by the Book episode 35: Plato's Theaetetus part 3
11/08/2016 Duration: 06minIs knowledge Justified True Belief? How can we know that we know what knowledge is? Plato's Theaetetus part 3, final. facebook : https://www.facebook.com/philosophybythebook
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Philosophy by the Book Episode 34: Plato's Theaetetus part 2
03/08/2016 Duration: 10minIs knowledge true judgement? Or is there still a little something missing? Is your soul more of a block of wax or an aviary full of birds? facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophybythebook
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Philosophy by the Book Episode 33: Plato's Theaetetus Part 1
26/07/2016 Duration: 23minThis week we begin an examination of epistemology as it found its roots in Plato's Theaetetus. This part one episode focuses on the first definition of knowledge found in the Theaetetus, that knowledge is perception. facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophybythebook
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Philosophy by the Book Episode 32: Plato's Parmenides
14/06/2016 Duration: 13minThis week we examine problems in the theory of forms in Plato's Parmenides.