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Plato Complete Works

Plato

Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars--many commissioned especially for this volume--are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory essay, John Cooper explains the presentation o...

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Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

It was described as a weird algorithmic novel from the 1920s that explored 1,462 possible book plots. A short excerpt from its forward was read, which began with a man and a woman walking through a thick London fog in 1926.

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Let's let's give just a short excerpt from the forward of Plato by William Wallace Cook.

— Episode: Part Two: AI Is Coming for Your Children

Episode: Part Two: AI Is Coming for Your Children

It was described as a weird algorithmic novel from the 1920s that explored 1,462 possible book plots. A short excerpt from its forward was read, which began with a man and a woman walking through a thick London fog in 1926.

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Let's let's give just a short excerpt from the forward of Plato by William Wallace Cook.

Yeah, it begins. Picture a man and a woman walking through a thick fog in London. The year is 1926. They are in love and they are miserable.

Well, I mean, already. Yeah, I'm hooked. Tell me more.

The Daily Stoic

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The Daily Stoic

Cato, even as he faced imminent death, read Plato's works twice, highlighting his commitment to learning and wisdom.

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The last thing Cato did before he died was read. It's incredible really, even as Caesar had destroyed the Republic, the Civil War was lost and his inevitable suicide just hours away. Cato took the tim...

— Episode: Those Who Read Little, Know Little

Episode: Those Who Read Little, Know Little

Cato, even as he faced imminent death, read Plato's works twice, highlighting his commitment to learning and wisdom.

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The last thing Cato did before he died was read. It's incredible really, even as Caesar had destroyed the Republic, the Civil War was lost and his inevitable suicide just hours away. Cato took the time to read some Plato. Twice.

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