I have ADHD and it's hard for me to focus on reading long pieces of text for class. Having someone read it aloud while following along with the text helps me focus and understand so much better. I can already tell your videos are going to save me so much time and help me get through my Intro to Ethics class. Thank you so much!
@lewiskirk82895 ай бұрын
You are very welcome. It’s definitely the best way to take in difficult texts like Plato. Good luck with your classes 🙏
@TheMusicalStylingsofBrentBunn3 жыл бұрын
After many aimless years in school, I believe I've finally found my passion in philosophy. Fantastic reading of Meno
@lewiskirk82893 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome to hear. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
@pkdaproducer11 ай бұрын
Yes I concur, it was a highly enjoyable reading without a doubt!
@omnimatty2 жыл бұрын
These are so well read, thank you, and the scrolling text is an added bonus. Thanks for creating this!
@lewiskirk82892 жыл бұрын
Your welcome Matthew. I’m very happy that the AudioEbooks are helping you to study Plato. 🙏
@gracec36422 жыл бұрын
Lewis you saved our whole class thank you
@lewiskirk82892 жыл бұрын
Ha ha. My pleasure! 🙏
@jay-no9qq2 жыл бұрын
Thanks you so much. I have severe trouble focusing on reading and this helps so much for me to follow along
@lewiskirk82892 жыл бұрын
Happy to help! I find it the best way to consume difficult information, or any reading for that matter. Glad it helped you with your focus 😀👍
@duncanl29862 жыл бұрын
I just started listening to Plato's dialogues and I think I understand why they put Socrates to death: this man just goes around trolling people 🤣 Certainly, philosophy is thought-provoking for those who love it (myself included), but just plain annoying for people who couldn't care less. I've had discussions with friends and family and it confused the heck out of them haha. Thanks for reading the dialogues, really enjoying the vids!
@lewiskirk82892 жыл бұрын
This is a great point and I entirely agree! I’m glad you are enjoying the dialogues, and just to let you know I am studying the Republic over in my other channel Book Club if you are interested. 🙏
@prog84542 жыл бұрын
12:12 pg 65 line 76 21:28 pg 69 line 80 a 36:26 pg 78 line 86 c 40:27 80 line 88 a
@dubbelkastrull2 жыл бұрын
15:05 Socrates begins to argue that evil is based on ignorance. 23:30 Meno's paradox. 25:45 What we call learning is recollection. 28:00 bookmark
@stanley64403 ай бұрын
thank you this helps a lot i have such a hard time staying focused with these old texts
@augustineopara2887 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so so much. You really made these dialogues easy for me. Thank you once again.
@lewiskirk8289 Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! Happy to hear you are enjoying and making progress through the dialogues 🙏
@dustyflapdragon6990 Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this. Very helpful for "re-reading" at work and in the car. Will certainly watch your other videos.
@lewiskirk8289 Жыл бұрын
Enjoy 🙏
@offerosperx26744 жыл бұрын
This is great stuff. Would love it if you could do Parmenides next, as it comes before Philebus, Symposium and Phaedrus in Thrasyllus' tetralogies. Well done mate
@lewiskirk82894 жыл бұрын
Hey, I'm glad you enjoy the dialogues in audioebook form. You have called me out. I have been avoiding Parmenides as its such a long and difficult dialogue. I was doing them in the Iamblichean order and Parmenides is last, but I was going to move on to the Republic. Seems like Parmenides must come next! 🙂🙏
@TimV-t8x3 ай бұрын
25:40 Demonstration of why learning was equated with remembering Note: see Kant’s Transcendental Aesthetic
@lewiskirk82893 ай бұрын
😀👍
@cameliavaschi600 Жыл бұрын
Great readings, thank you very much!
@lewiskirk8289 Жыл бұрын
You are very welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed the reading 😀🙏
@paideia-e9u2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for posting. You have done a great service for humanity. Paideia Society
@zavita13754 жыл бұрын
This is very fascinating I love philosophy
@lewiskirk82894 жыл бұрын
In that case, be sure to check out the Platonic Dialogue playlist. 👍
@zavita13754 жыл бұрын
@@lewiskirk8289 i sure will thanks
@Rozuchii Жыл бұрын
82b (25:50) - 86c (36:25)
@nathantinsley07 Жыл бұрын
Helps with my hw a lot
@SethuSenthil11 ай бұрын
Thank you for this!
@lewiskirk828911 ай бұрын
You are welcome 🙏
@liampittman41873 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this
@lewiskirk82893 жыл бұрын
You’re most welcome! 🙏
@marzh052 жыл бұрын
Oh how far we have fallen. So far from the pyramids, so close to the sphinx.
@jcacustodio013 жыл бұрын
very nice series, sir! thank you
@lewiskirk82893 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome. 🙏
@3thanRocks3 ай бұрын
Pg 80 / 39:10
@Mondips3 жыл бұрын
hello can you help me answer this questions? 1. What kind of question is Meno asking? In other words, what is the nature of the question Meno asks? 2. What does Socrates find wrong with Meno's kind of question?
@SleazyRider863 жыл бұрын
Check out Gregory B Sandler on KZbin, he's really good at explaining and breaking down the texts.
@kevintorres54833 жыл бұрын
Plato cuts away at all the bs when discussing topics very well.. Nd I’m just now getting into philosophy. But does Plato ever challenge his idea of divine intervention? Does he ever go, can another possibility occur? I’m just curious … I wish my friends were into philosophy so we could discuss together
@kevintorres54832 жыл бұрын
@ka yu i had just started reading plato nd made an honest mistake chillout nd go do sumn w ur life Stranger
@kimmywashere Жыл бұрын
22:06 thank u if youre reading this🫶
@lewiskirk8289 Жыл бұрын
It’s my pleasure 🙏
@brandonharris71472 жыл бұрын
2:53 to 21:22
@GhostDcuo3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Upload.
@teawoah65673 жыл бұрын
21:00
@ambessaayalew903 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir
@lewiskirk82893 жыл бұрын
Hey, you are most welcome! 🙏
@FreedomandRights4US2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@lewiskirk82892 жыл бұрын
You are welcome.
@mordaeu1411 Жыл бұрын
35:00
@aisforamerica2185 Жыл бұрын
57:09
@GaryRichardson-x9x2 ай бұрын
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@DAToro218 ай бұрын
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@kimneilson31564 жыл бұрын
Not quite sure why you rate Plato to be honest. He sounds like politicians of today. Do as i say and not as i do.
@lewiskirk82894 жыл бұрын
Hey Kim. I only wish our politicians were like Plato. He uses a method of Dialectic to get to the truth of an issue, cutting away at the fat by asking questions. He can really help our own thought processes if we read him often. Are you not a fan?
@kimneilson31564 жыл бұрын
As much as i appreciate the period in which this was written and the many questions it poses, it still reminds me of the lazy rich and self indulgent of today. The ones who have time to pontificate.
@lewiskirk82894 жыл бұрын
I think that's a fair point. One requires a hell of a lot of time to participate in Philosophy, which is what the characters in Plato's dialogues had, many of them, the sophists would get paid to teach people. The important things that I take away from Platonic and Neo-Platonic thought is that by better thinking and removing ignorance and opinion, we can make our won lives and the world a better place to be. But I like where you are coming from Kim (I think anyway). Its not enough to stand around discussing philosophical nuances, when so many people in the world are suffering. Activism is needed. I hope I didn't put words into your mouth, and I'm enjoying discussing Plato with you. Am I in the right track regarding your thinking?
@kimneilson31564 жыл бұрын
@@lewiskirk8289 You are indeed. I enjoy our discussions
@SleazyRider863 жыл бұрын
@@lewiskirk8289 I think the problem is, that people forget philosophy is a way of life. It not just reading a book and agreeing and disagreeing. It's about seeking virtue and the good from learning, and doing action from the philosophy you follow. The Cynic are a prime example, they pretty much renounced everything and would still follow wisdom to try and better society around them. This is why we have so much bad in the world because a lot of people don't seek the truth.