Plato Review
The Philosophy, the Mythology and the games to remember...
Dear Classical Wisdom Kids,
We are going to be more structured this year! I mean, that’s the plan anyways…
At first I struggled, to be honest with you, on how I should organize our Classical KIDS newsletters. I wanted to discuss history, philosophy, science/math, art and mythology… and so I thought I would take turns each week covering all these bases.
Nice neat silos that helpfully categorize the ancient world… right?
Wrong! The deities on Mount Olympus surely laughed at me.
Turns out it’s almost impossible to untangle the ideas and people because back then they didn’t seem these fields as separate and distinct. Music is math, art is science, science is philosophy, history is math, and so and so forth. Many (actually most) of the great minds dappled in… well… all of them.
Once I realised this, I was actually invigorated. After all, that’s exactly how children like to learn. And while it might be tricky for the organizers among us, the end result is an interest and a discovery in all the most important topics.
So, with that in mind, each month we are going to look at a new historical figure and study their life, their works and their legacy… and we’ll make sure to cover the full range of their interests and influences while we do it.
AND to make it even more fun (with a cool result at the end), we have a fantastic talented illustrator who has joined the team. Our dear friend Martin has just finished Plato… so I think this is a good opportunity to do a quick Plato review. We’ll return to Aristotle shortly…
Now… what did we learn about Plato? Check out our lessons below and see if there are any you missed or want to go over again. Repetition is key, after all…
Plato REVIEW
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All the best,
Anya Leonard
Founder and Director
Classical Wisdom and Classical KIDS
Einstein probaby read or would have read Classical Wisdom. He was not only a theoretical physicist but a wise philosopher. He refused to became a contributor at the Manhattan Project for development of the Adam Bomb. His thought,” Whosoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”