2. Continuing with Plato
For Tuesday, January 28:
Still in the same text (link in previous entry here on the blog)...still using the numbers that run _alongside_ the text...read right up to "78."
The questions you were all raising today are excellent ones, and although it is my job to play devil's advocate, I think that we mostly had exactly the thoughts that Plato wants us to have at this point. A general _skepticism_. Keep that word in mind.
This stretch has some complexity to it, but it has an order. We're arguing about the soul and the afterlife, right? You'll see an argument about "opposites." And an argument about "recollection." And some stuff about charm-singing... Your job is to read this slowly, re-read where necessary, and take careful notes. Ideally, you'd be able to give a brief explanation of each part of the text.
Please don't wait until Monday night to begin this--it will never work. We will be doing in-class writing on Tuesday. And I do grade that.
Also, see THIS.
Still in the same text (link in previous entry here on the blog)...still using the numbers that run _alongside_ the text...read right up to "78."
The questions you were all raising today are excellent ones, and although it is my job to play devil's advocate, I think that we mostly had exactly the thoughts that Plato wants us to have at this point. A general _skepticism_. Keep that word in mind.
This stretch has some complexity to it, but it has an order. We're arguing about the soul and the afterlife, right? You'll see an argument about "opposites." And an argument about "recollection." And some stuff about charm-singing... Your job is to read this slowly, re-read where necessary, and take careful notes. Ideally, you'd be able to give a brief explanation of each part of the text.
Please don't wait until Monday night to begin this--it will never work. We will be doing in-class writing on Tuesday. And I do grade that.
Also, see THIS.
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