PLATO'S DIALOGUES

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This course involves an in-depth study of the dialogues of Plato with a concentration upon the early and middle dialogues. The course examines Plato's development of the Theory of the Forms and the manner in which this theory weaves together metaphysical, ethical, ontological, and epistemological concerns. We will study the intersection of knowledge and action in the development of virtue, the importance of Platonic pedagogy, and Plato's use and critique of the Presocratics. Dialogues studied may include: Gorgias, Apology, Charmides, Laches, Meno, Ion, Phaedo, Menexenus, Phaedrus, Republic, Theaetetus, Protagoras, and the late dialogue Alcibiades I, as well as Plato's Letters.