S4 E4: Alex Priou, Introduction to Plato’s Republic

Alex Priou is a Teaching Assistant Professor at CU’s Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics, and Society. Our conversation today explores the work of the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato, paying particular attention to his great book The Republic. We discuss why Plato wrote dialogues instead of treatises, how Platonic dialogues should be read, and why the Republic still resonates with students over two-thousand years after it was written.