I gotta get in on this one! I remember laughing at you saying you have a ton of copies of the Republic a while back but I just checked and I have the 2 you recommend and like 4 more 😅
Really looking forward to this read along and would like to enter the giveaway. The Republic and ancient Greek philosophy in general has been one of my blind spots that I've wanted to work on and I've already read Plato's five dialogues based on your recommendation in one of your videos.
I'm going to use the 3rd edition of Benjamin Jowett's The Dialogues of Plato, Random House, 1920, with an introduction by Professor Raphael Demos of Harvard University. This book belonged to my mother and I notice that her class seemed to read most of the dialogues in Volume 1, up to The Republic. The dates inscribed on her copy indicate that this was the Spring Semester of 1938. I have read Euthyphro in this volume and I enjoyed it tremendously, though I found it to be a little haunting. The late 19th century English is fine by me, because I am used to even 18th century English as penned by Adam Smith, David Hume, and Edward Gibbon.
I typically teach from the Bloom translation, but this might be a good excuse for me to read a new one. I don't have the Grube Hackett version, but I do have the translation Reeve did after revising the Grube... Now I have decisions to make. Looking forward to this! (I would enter the giveaway, but I already have the Loeb Republic!)
I think it interesting that in all of Plato's dialogues, no one bothers to ask what a "form" is. One theory is that everyone already knew what they were.
Really looking forward to this one. I’ve only recently (in the last year) regained interest in studying philosophy for the first time since college. I’ve been revisiting the “fundamentals” and there’s so much that I’ve never read in their entirety, like Plato’s Republic.
I am new to the Substack (been following you on YouTube for a while now), but I am excited to join in on this reading. I just checked out a copy of the Griffith translation from the library, but I would love to have a copy of my own to annotate in! I've only read bits and pieces of ancient philosophy, mainly in college courses or out of curiosity after seeing references in other works. I am excited to finally dive in!
I got my copy of the Cambridge edition, used (good condition) at Thrift Books, for $7. I'm ready to go, and really, really looking forward to this very timely first (for me) reading of the Republic.
I would like to be in the running for the Loeb edition give away, please.
I hope to learn about justice and the "City and soul are divided into three parts, and each part of the city corresponds to each part of the individual’s soul." Thank you.
Very curious about reading along. Looking for different vernacular around the ideas of Servant Leadership as a Scout leader, to give depth to current discussion with my youth. Have already purchased Grube's version for kindle. Please enter me for the give away as well.
New fear unlocked: Jared Henderson knocking on my door to confiscate my book cuz I fell behind
I’ll be jumping in on this. If it’s helpful to anyone, I’ve been writing some short summaries of each book with a bit of commentary. Doing it for myself but if it helps others, great. https://open.substack.com/pub/easterlyargosy/p/platos-republic-books-iii-and-iv?r=21sfwd&utm_medium=ios
You really should read the Bloom translation, it is considered the most faithful to the original text.
I find the Bloom translation verges on the unreadable, precisely because it tries to stick so close to the Greek.
I gotta get in on this one! I remember laughing at you saying you have a ton of copies of the Republic a while back but I just checked and I have the 2 you recommend and like 4 more 😅
Really looking forward to this read along and would like to enter the giveaway. The Republic and ancient Greek philosophy in general has been one of my blind spots that I've wanted to work on and I've already read Plato's five dialogues based on your recommendation in one of your videos.
Doing the exact same thing right now!
I'm going to use the 3rd edition of Benjamin Jowett's The Dialogues of Plato, Random House, 1920, with an introduction by Professor Raphael Demos of Harvard University. This book belonged to my mother and I notice that her class seemed to read most of the dialogues in Volume 1, up to The Republic. The dates inscribed on her copy indicate that this was the Spring Semester of 1938. I have read Euthyphro in this volume and I enjoyed it tremendously, though I found it to be a little haunting. The late 19th century English is fine by me, because I am used to even 18th century English as penned by Adam Smith, David Hume, and Edward Gibbon.
I typically teach from the Bloom translation, but this might be a good excuse for me to read a new one. I don't have the Grube Hackett version, but I do have the translation Reeve did after revising the Grube... Now I have decisions to make. Looking forward to this! (I would enter the giveaway, but I already have the Loeb Republic!)
Hi, I'm new to substack. How are the read alongs accessed? Is it a video here on substack?
I think it interesting that in all of Plato's dialogues, no one bothers to ask what a "form" is. One theory is that everyone already knew what they were.
Really looking forward to this one. I’ve only recently (in the last year) regained interest in studying philosophy for the first time since college. I’ve been revisiting the “fundamentals” and there’s so much that I’ve never read in their entirety, like Plato’s Republic.
I am new to the Substack (been following you on YouTube for a while now), but I am excited to join in on this reading. I just checked out a copy of the Griffith translation from the library, but I would love to have a copy of my own to annotate in! I've only read bits and pieces of ancient philosophy, mainly in college courses or out of curiosity after seeing references in other works. I am excited to finally dive in!
Oh my god, thank you! Plato is such an easier read than Aristotle. I started Book one of The Republic and am thoroughly enjoying it.
I got my copy of the Cambridge edition, used (good condition) at Thrift Books, for $7. I'm ready to go, and really, really looking forward to this very timely first (for me) reading of the Republic.
I would like to be in the running for the Loeb edition give away, please.
I hope to learn about justice and the "City and soul are divided into three parts, and each part of the city corresponds to each part of the individual’s soul." Thank you.
Very curious about reading along. Looking for different vernacular around the ideas of Servant Leadership as a Scout leader, to give depth to current discussion with my youth. Have already purchased Grube's version for kindle. Please enter me for the give away as well.
I’ve been following along at intervals with the read-alongs and am always up for a reading of the Republic. It never gets old!