Introduction to Plato and the context of his Republic
The first lecture of the Plato's Republic course.
This will be the first of eleven lectures, the following lectures tracking each of the ten books of the Republic 🏛️
This lecture is an introduction to Plato and his Republic through the lens of John Vervaeke’s concept of a Meaning Crisis.
Expect to learn about:
👉 Plato's context: the Peloponnesian war, natural philosophers and the Sophists.
👉 The Meaning Crisis from @johnvervaeke and how the fall of golden age Athens is similar to the modern age
👉 Why the meaning crisis fuels existential issues, the mental health crisis and the rise of…
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