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Plato

Plato

By: Roger Weir
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This series is a basic introduction to a major root source of the entire Western Philosophic Tradition. This is a rare opportunity to survey an essential heritage. We will follow the translations in the Collected Dialogues of Plato, Bollingen Series LXXI, Princeton University Press.

This collection of presentations was delivered by Roger Weir in 1990 and 1991.

More information about these presentations can be found at
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii

More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation website and on our YouTube channelShared Presence Foundation Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Plato - Apology

    Plato - Apology
    5 Jun 2026
    Roger introduces Plato's Apology as a gateway into the foundational root of the entire Western philosophical tradition. At the heart of this lecture is Socrates standing trial for his life before the city of Athens — delivering not an apology in the modern sense, but a fearless defense of the philosophic life. Guided by an inner divine voice since childhood and charged by the Delphic Oracle as the wisest of men, Socrates spent his life exposing the ignorance of politicians, poets, and craftsmen out of a deep religious duty to awaken Athens to the truth that real wisdom belongs to God alone. Drawing on Pythagorean roots, the nature of imagination and memory, and the Socratic practice of inquiry as spiritual transformation, Weir illuminates why Socrates remains the single root source from which all of Western education and philosophy ultimately flows.

    This presentation by Roger Weir was delivered on January 4, 1990.

    More information about these presentations can be found at
    https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato
    https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education
    https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii

    More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation website and on our YouTube channel
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    1 hr and 20 min
  • Timaeus 2 - Presentation 13

    Timaeus 2 - Presentation 13
    18 Mar 2024
    This presentation was originally delivered by Roger Weir on March 28, 1991.

    This series is a basic introduction to a major root of the entire Western Philosophic Tradition. This is a rare opportunity to survey an essential heritage. We will follow the translations in the Collected Dialogues of Plato, Bollingen Series LXXI, Princeton University Press. These Dialogues also appear in the Penguin Classics Editions: Phaedrus & Letters VII and VIII, Philebus, Early Socratic Dialogues, Timaeus and Critias.

    More information about these presentations can be found at
    https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato
    https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education
    https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii

    More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation website and on our YouTube channel
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    1 hr and 17 min
  • Timaeus 1 - Presentation 12

    Timaeus 1 - Presentation 12
    15 Mar 2024
    This presentation was originally delivered by Roger Weir on March 21, 1991.

    This series is a basic introduction to a major root of the entire Western Philosophic Tradition. This is a rare opportunity to survey an essential heritage. We will follow the translations in the Collected Dialogues of Plato, Bollingen Series LXXI, Princeton University Press. These Dialogues also appear in the Penguin Classics Editions: Phaedrus & Letters VII and VIII, Philebus, Early Socratic Dialogues, Timaeus and Critias.

    More information about these presentations can be found at
    https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato
    https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/platos-theory-of-education
    https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/plato-ii

    More presentations by Roger Weir are available at the Shared Presence Foundation website and on our YouTube channel
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 14 min
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