Archive - Ascend Book Club

12 Questions on Book One of the Republic

How to read the opening of the most important text in Western philosophy

Oct 3 • Ascend Book Club

September 2026

How to Read Plato

An introduction on How to Read Plato Well

Sep 29 • Ascend Book Club

59:30

How to Read Plato’s Republic like CS Lewis

The Surprising Ways C.S. Lewis Used Plato in Narnia

Sep 25 • Ascend Book Club

A Conversation on Plato’s Crito

An ancient conversation on piety that is ripe for the modern age

Sep 23 • Ascend Book Club

A 15 Question Guide to Plato’s Crito

A dialogue on law, piety, and justice

Sep 23 • Ascend Book Club

Bartleby, the Scrivener by Melville

A simple, perplexing, and existential story on the modern age

Sep 22 • Ascend Book Club

1:29:48

Plato’s Apology with Fr. Justin Brophy, OP

One of the greatest speeches in Western civilization

Sep 20 • Ascend Book Club

30 Question Guide to Plato’s Apology

Explore one of the best speeches in Western history

Sep 20 • Ascend Book Club

How a Man Pretending to Be Drunk Helps You Read Plato

A preliminary explanation of the use of irony in Plato

Sep 19 • Ascend Book Club

On Piety: Discussing Plato’s Euthyphro

One of the most important dialogues

Sep 19 • Ascend Book Club

25 Question Guide on the Euthyphro

A thorough exploration of Plato’s dialogue on piety

Sep 19 • Ascend Book Club

Homer & the Greek Plays Roundtable

We end our first study of the Greek plays

Sep 19 • Ascend Book Club

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