About 20 minutes ago, I finished reading Plato’s Republic. It didn’t take me nearly as long to read as I thought it would. I suppose that’s what a long flight will get you, un-interrupted time to read. As with anything philosophical in nature, the text was pretty deep. As I previously posted, an argument was initially [...]
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Republic Book 1 First Thoughts
September 1, 2010
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Today I completed the first book of Plato’s Republic. Let me begin by saying that I am very impressed with the format of the book. I was very much under the impression that the writing style would be stating a theory and then Plato proving that theory. However, I was very surprised to find that [...]
Read more8/29 Week In Review
August 29, 2010
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This week hasn’t been a bad week for reading. I managed to complete my reading of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and began reading Plato’s Republic. This evening I managed to get through the introduction and plan on beginning reading the actual work this upcoming week. I think Republic will take a bit longer to read than [...]
Read moreNow Reading Republic
August 28, 2010
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Now that I’ve read a bit of fiction, I figured it was time to read something a bit more philosophical. Plato’s Republic has been sitting on my shelf for sometime now, and I figured now is a good time to read it. I’ve always been interested in reading Plato and simply have never got around [...]
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