Join Dr. Chip Bennett and Dr. Warren Gage as they explore Plato’s Republic. Beginning with an introduction to Greek philosophy and literature, they lay a strong foundation for ideas and categories that will help you better read the works of Plato. They then examine Plato’s Republic, introducing each of its ten books and tracing the ideas and themes found within them. Dr. Bennett and Dr. Gage conclude with a discussion of various Christian principles that you can extract from reading the Republic and apply when reading the New Testament.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Course
3m
Introducing the Speaker: Warren Gage
3m
Introducing the Speaker: Chip Bennett
2m
Introduction to the Great Conversation
4m
Warren’s Testimony
7m
The Great Conversation in a Fresco
2m
Introduction to Greek Political Philosophy
Introducing Greek Political Philosophy
2m
Encyclopedia Lesson
10m
Diagnosing Political Perspectives
4m
Seven Titles to Rule
6m
Jesus and Plato’s Seven Titles
5m
Ethics, Politics, Rhetoric, and Poetry
5m
Aristotle’s Ethics
6m
Three Parts of the Soul
3m
Four Cardinal Virtues of the Soul
3m
Civil War in the Soul
2m
Tripartite Soul in Modern Culture
4m
Three Possible Political Regimes
8m
Ecclesiastical Regimes
2m
Problems with Political Regimes
3m
Strengths of Democracy
4m
Is Democracy at War with Nature?
12m
Quarrel between Rich and Poor
6m
The Tyrant
3m
Polybius’s Wheel
2m
Quarrel between Poetry and Philosophy
Introduction to the Quarrel between Poetry and Philosophy
1m
Poetry and Philosophy: Different Expressions of Truth
3m
History of Quarrel between Poetry and Philosophy
9m
Who Are the Modern Philosophers and Poets?
3m
Origins and Logic
5m
Four Genres
2m
Epic and Lyric Genres
2m
Tragedy and Comedy Genres
5m
Four Genres in Genesis 1–3
5m
Introduction to Hesiod and Homer
1m
Introduction to Hesiod
3m
Three Generations of Gods
6m
The Olympian Gods
3m
Birth Narratives of Athena and Dionysus
3m
Lessons of Hesiod
4m
Homer and the Trojan War
7m
Shield of Achilles
4m
Quarrel between City of God and City of Man
Introduction to the Quarrel between the City of God and the City of Man
2m
History of the Quarrel between the City of God and the City of Man