Simon Blackburn on Plato's Republic
The Guardian (August 5, 2006) has an extract from Simon Blackburn's recent book Plato's Republic: A Biography, which can be found here. Needless to say, he doesn't seem to be a big fan of the Plato (or Socrates) presented therein, and Plato is said to have 'utterly betrayed his teacher' in the dialogue.
Anyway, check it out if interested.
(Link via ALDaily.)
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Coke--What happened with the teaching job? I tried to send you an email last week or so, but the address I have must not be the one to use anymore.
I've been reading Plato's Gorgias in translation lately, and have been meaning to put up a post about it, but haven't gotten around to it yet. But it is great so far. Socrates really sticks it to that young buck Polus.
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