Plato’s Myths | Resources – The Platonic Academy of Melbourne

Class Times: 6.30pm to 8pm Wednesday 21, 28 August & 4, 11, 18, 25 September

Venue: Meeting Room 4, Kathleen Syme Centre, 251 Faraday St, Carlton (Locked out? Call Call Effie on 04 3012 7170)

Zoom link (the for all 6 classes) | Dial-in for internet disruption: +61 3 7018 2005 | Meeting ID: 863 1210 3125 | Passcode: 768141

Course Outline and weekly readings with options for access to texts

PDF of first reading: Judgment of Souls.

Catch-up Class Recordings

Go to the YouTube playlist for all recordings or follow the links below

Session 1 | Intro | The Judgement of Souls | Gorgias 523a-527a

Session 2 | The Myth of Er Republic 614b-621d | The Cosmic Eras Statesman 268d-274e

Session 3 | Winged Soul Phaedrus 246a–257a | The Origin of Virtue Protagoras 320c–323a

Session 4 | The Other World, Phaedo 107c – 115a | The Cave, Republic 514a-517a |