Study of Plato

The next installment of philosopy read-thru/studies are Plato’s three main Socratic dialogues. These dialogues include the ‘Euthyphro,’ the ‘Apology,’ and the ‘Crito.’ The version of these texts I’ll be using is this one : http://www.amazon.com/Four-Texts-Socrates-Euthyphro-Aristophanes/dp/0801485746

For those interested in reading along without purchasing anything, here’s the texts for free:

http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/euthyfro.html

http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html

http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/crito.html

I’ll post thoughts and notes here – anyone who wishes to follow along or contribute is more than welcome to post here or on our Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Theologians-Inc/225310414175001

Two Reading Projects

I am currently undertaking two reading projects:

1. A study of ethics, rights and moral philosophy. My 3 main books on the subject are ‘Ethics,’ by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ‘Justice: Rights and Wrongs,’ by Nicholas Wolterstorff, and ‘The Abolition of Man,’ by C.S. Lewis.  Supplemental books will include ‘Philosophy: A Beginners Guide,’ by Teichman and Evans, ‘The Republic,’ by Plato, ‘Nichomachean Ethics,’ by Aristotle,’ and any others I can think of or have recommended.

2. A read-thru and discussion of ‘Fear and Trembling,’ by Soren Kierkegaard. This is my first systematic study of Kierkegaard.

I’ll attempt to post updates, thoughts, critiques, etc of both studies. Any insights, arguments, anything of that sort on either project are more than welcome, as always.