Every educated person should be familiar with Plato, but higher education today is usually a barrier to understanding the great thinkers of the past. Hence the need for Counter-Currents, which Jonathan Bowden described as an online university of the Right.
For the next four Saturdays (July 1, 8, 15, and 22), Greg Johnson will lecture on Plato’s dialogue Gorgias.
The first lecture, which both introduces the dialogue as a whole and also examines Socrates’ argument with the great Sophist Gorgias, was broadcast last week and can be heard here. The theme of the course is “Might vs. Right.” He will be using Donald J. Zeyl’s translation of the Gorgias published by Hackett as both a separate book and as part of their Plato, Complete Works volume. You can use other translations, because all Plato translations have a standard citation format known as Stephanus numbers, which appear in the margins of each translation. There are many free online translations, for instance this one at Archive.org.
- The first lecture will both introduce the dialogue as a whole and also examine Socrates’ argument with the great Sophist Gorgias, which ends at Stephanus number 461b.
- The second lecture (July 1) will deal with Socrates’ discussion with Polus from 461b to 481b
- The third lecture (July 8) will cover the first third of Socrates’ discussion with Callicles from 481b to 494b
- Lecture four (July 15): 494b-510a
- Lecture five (July 22): 510a-end
The streams will start at noon Pacific, 3pm Eastern Standard Time, 8pm UK time, and 9pm Central European Time on:
DLive: https://dlive.tv/Counter-Currents
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@countercurrents/ccradio
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I didn’t get the reading done yet for this upcoming one but should be able to be up to speed by the next one. I work weekends but always look forward to the download. Please keep up the good work. Love this stuff!!
Looks excellent. Alas, I’m insanely busy until at least September. I hope the comments sections for these academic lectures will remain open for longer than usual. It would be nice to develop ongoing conversations about such timeless topics.
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