
Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave
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Jonathan Cowley
This collection brings together three of Plato's most enduring classics: the "Symposium", the "Apology", and the famous "Allegory of the Cave" from the Republic. The "Symposium", a dialogue on the nature and purpose of love centered around the ideals of beauty and goodness, is arguably the deepest inquiry of its kind in Western philosophy. The "Apology", Plato's account of the speech given by Socrates at his trial in 399 BC, constitutes an essential defense of Socrates' life and philosophy. Finally, the "Allegory of the Cave", written as a fictional dialogue between Socrates and Plato's brother, Glaucon, is a profound commentary on the human understanding of reality. This edition is the translation by Benjamin Jowett.
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"then they talked to plato"
then the actual text later
"plato spoke next"
just kinda silly, might as well drop the commentary and read the origional work twice.
to whoever wrote the commentary: you can do better.
a classic, but... the commentary?
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A really great compilation of books
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Either death is like one night of sleep, and the best night of sleep you can ever have or offers a pathway to eternity and speaking with those who have died in greatness
Existential questions answered
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the apology and allegory is where things turned out very good
most of it was great
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Would you listen to Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave again? Why?
yes - especially the symposium. takes multiple listens.What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
decription of Socrates as a soldier in the SYmposiumWhat does Jonathan Cowley bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The even pacing foregrounds the ideasabsorbing
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Reading/performance speed
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This audio book thouroughly enhances the scenes created for us by Plato!What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
The Symposium was definitely the best. It was quite compelling to hear the dialogue read.Which character – as performed by Jonathan Cowley – was your favorite?
They were all read equally well.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It made me laugh when the discussion of drinking was being performed in the Symposium.Excellent
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Plato
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Unfortunately the reader kills the text. He's perfectly clear, but he recites everything in the same emotionless monotone. He doesn't give different voices to the characters in the Symposium, so it's hard to tell who's talking. He keeps giving words the wrong intonations, as if he's reading the text for the first time. He pronounces 'rhetoric' wrong (which is annoying because Plato says it a lot). It's very clear that the reader doesn't understand or care about what he's reading - indeed it sounds like he's not even listening to himself speak.
I fought through the whole thing, but I won't be buying any more books by this reader.
Reader kills it
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Don't
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