The Socratic Dialogues Early Period, Volume 2

Gorgias, Protagoras, Meno, Euthydemus, Lesser Hippias, Greater Hippias

De: Plato, Benjamin Jowett - translator

Narrado por: David Rintoul, full cast

Here, in this second collection of Socratic Dialogues from Plato's Early Period, read by David Rintoul as Socrates with a full cast, are contrasting six works. Often, as with Gorgias, which opens the recording, Socrates combats the popular subjects of sophistry and rhetoric, in direct conversation with Gorgias (a leading sophist teacher), and with one of his pupils, Callicles.

In Meno, Socrates encounters another Gorgias pupil, Meno, and a debate on 'virtue' ensues. Virtue is also the topic in Protagoras, though this dialogue is largely narrated by Socrates (David Rintoul), who 'reports' the conversation which had taken place shortly before.

Euthydemus is one of the most entertaining of all the Socratic Dialogues, with the two vastly overconfident brothers Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, supposedly capable wrestlers, boxers and musicians, who have come to Athens to teach sophistry. They enter into philosophical debate with Socrates, who at times is almost amazed by their brash sense of superiority.

The Lesser Hippias dialogue considers issues of morality, truth and lies, with reference to Homer's great characters Achilles and Odysseus, while the Greater Hippias enquires into the nature of beauty.

Translation: Benjamin Jowett.

Public Domain (P)2017 Ukemi Productions Ltd

My Review

Overall a good listen as this was the early period of Socratic dialogues I did not feel the overwhelming sense of wisdom that you would find in the symposium or other later works but a good listen and a good lesson none the less

Excellent

This is an excellent audio book. I highly recommend it. It is read by an actor and cast.

Very very very good...

Excellent work...What more can one say of such a performance...Will definitely listen many times with great pleasure.

Great Performance of the Socratic Dialogues

Just how Socrates was meant to be ingested, through verbal conversation! Very well performed! Highly recommended as a great way to accessibly access the rich works of Socrates!

an excellent performance

It was an excellent performance. Well spoken and faithful to the spirit of Plato's Socratic dialogues.

A Dishonest Translation

An enthusiastic performance gives what value there is.

It is a shot walk to verify the failure of the translation.

Plato was woke af & David R sounded straight fire

I was looking for the answers to life, little did I expect to also feel enlightened

Phenomenal

The book is phenomenal including the professional narration and storyline.
I very recommend the book to all philosophers, scientists, mathematicians and politicians.

Great performance 👏

Poor narration in every way

if youve listened to Gildan media Platos Republic you know the narration is outstanding... this audiobook is almost unbearable for the reason it sounds nothing like a socratic/greek dialouge. If I hadnt seen the title it could be mistaken for a discourse in a poorly lit british hotel🙄. The accencts and even some of the conversational flow (also read too fast leaving no room for emphasise) is heavily british and in this setting is off putting for me atleast👎