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Oct 31 • Ascend Book Club
Plato’s Ion: A Discussion on Techne & Divine Inspiration
A conversation “On the Iliad”
Oct 28 • Ascend Book Club
10 Question Guide on Plato’s Ion
A conversation on techne and the divine
Oct 28 • Ascend Book Club
On the Lie: Reading Hippias Minor Together
Socrates’ conversation on the Iliad and lying
Oct 28 • Ascend Book Club
On the Lie: 8 Question Guide on Hippias Minor
Socrates and Hippias discuss the Iliad
Oct 28 • Ascend Book Club
Lovers by Plato: A Short, Strange & Forgotten Dialogue
Plato takes up the question: “What is Philosophy?”
Oct 27 • Ascend Book Club
11 Question Guide to Plato’s Lovers
An exploration of “What is Philosophy?”
Oct 27 • Ascend Book Club
How Plato Helped Shape Christianity
A lively conversation on how God used Plato to prepare the world for Christ
Oct 27 • Ascend Book Club
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Plato’s Hipparchus: A Forgotten Dialogue
An aporetic dialogue on “love of gain.”
Oct 25 • Ascend Book Club
15 Question Guide to Plato’s Hipparchus
A short, strange, forgotten dialogue on “love of gain.”
Oct 25 • Ascend Book Club
Was St. Thomas Aquinas a Platonist?
Rethinking Plato’s influence on the Angelic Doctor
Oct 24 • Ascend Book Club
How Plato Influenced St. Boethius
Recovering this forgotten saint (and Plato’s role in his story)
Oct 24 • Ascend Book Club
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