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The Dialogues of Plato
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Plato's dialogues do very well is they give people a clear picture of what dialogue looks like and what the assessment of information.
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Two of them we've already discussed one is Plato's Dialogues which I started reading when I was like 13.
Tyler Cowen Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 2021 Not to say reading the Symposium or you know the allegory of the caves or something isn't mind altering because it is you know.
Plato writes a letter he wrote 13 letters but one of them apparently is his the seventh and he says how would you capture the teaching of Socrates it's just in these conversations and so he invented the dialogue for that purpose.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Aug 2022 Where and when it comes up
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The Dialogues of Plato by Plato is a foundational collection of classical Greek philosophical texts utilizing conversational formats to explore ethics, politics, and metaphysics. Tyler Cowen recommended the work on The Lex Fridman Podcast, noting that he began reading it at a young age and that it profoundly impacted him. Throughout multiple podcast episodes, other hosts and guests have frequently referenced specific dialogues to ground philosophical and cultural discussions. Jacob Howland on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast examined initial questions in the Phaedrus, Jewel mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience that reading The Symposium altered her thinking, and Robert Greene referenced Plato alongside Zeno on The Daily Stoic. Additionally, Darren Beattie discussed the concept of the noble lie from The Republic on Timcast IRL, while Larry P. Arnn, Hamza Yusuf, and Sean Kelly explored Socratic method, the triad in the Timaeus, and human nature on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and The Lex Fridman Podcast.
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Tyler Cowen well two of them we've already discussed one is plato's dialogues which i started reading when i was like 13. 1
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“well two of them we've already discussed one is plato's dialogues which i started reading when i was like 13.”
Bill Burr Plato wrote in his classic war the republic book 8 If you ever learn to read I didn't know he had 8 books I… 1
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“Plato wrote in his classic war the republic book 8 If you ever learn to read I didn't know he had 8 books I guess he has more that all democratic people are consumed with unnecessary appetites”
Cornel West you know the first plato's text itself you know the republic was grounded in an imitation of the comic writ… 1
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“you know the first plato's text itself you know the republic was grounded in an imitation of the comic writers who were the first to really delve into everyday people's experiences”
Darren Beattie I think the important issue is if the noble lie is necessary in in some degree as you know the famous thing… 1
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“I think the important issue is if the noble lie is necessary in in some degree as you know the famous thing from the Republic uh the problem is that we become a the ignoble lie”
Hamza Yusuf so the trinity is you know the the principle of the triad is uh you know in plato and the timaeus talks abo… 1
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“so the trinity is you know the the principle of the triad is uh you know in plato and the timaeus talks about that”
Jacob Howland Uh in Plato it shows up in the very first sentence of Plato's Fedrris. 1
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“Uh in Plato it shows up in the very first sentence of Plato's Fedrris.”
Jordan Peterson uh plato writes a letter he wrote 13 letters but one of them apparently is his the seventh and he says how… 1
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“uh plato writes a letter he wrote 13 letters but one of them apparently is his the seventh and he says how would you capture the teaching of socrates it's just in these conversations and so he invented the dialogue for that purpose”
Robert Greene But he ends up in this, he ends up in this bookstore, and the bookseller is reading one of, uh, Plato's dia… 1
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“But he ends up in this, he ends up in this bookstore, and the bookseller is reading one of, uh, Plato's dialogues or, I know, I guess it would have been one of Zenon's books.”
Sean Kelly plato says in the republic it's a kind of myth but you know he he says people will understand their their c… 1
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“plato says in the republic it's a kind of myth but you know he he says people will understand their their condition”
Sergey Nazarov um so i think one of the things that had a very big impact on me were plato's dialogues and particularly pr… 1
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“um so i think one of the things that had a very big impact on me were plato's dialogues and particularly protagoras and gorgeous as as as some of the two initial ones i i think what plato's dialogues do very well is they give people a clear picture of what dialogue looks like and what the assessment of information”
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“not to say reading the symposium or you know the allegory of the caves or something isn't mind altering because it is you know”
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“i'm aware through wikipedia and uh through through surface reading of things that like a book called the republic was written once”