127: Plato X - "Er Goes to Hell"

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

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🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In book X of Plato's Republic, he rails on imitative poetry some more, argues for the immortality of the soul, and tells a creepy story about a guy named "Er."

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to classical stuff you should know, a podcast about old stuff and
0:16.0	education and books and stuff we feel like talking about. My name is Thomas Magby.
0:21.2	I am joined, as always, by Mr. A.J. Hanenberg.
0:24.0	Hey.
0:24.4	And Mr. Graham Donaldson.
0:26.1	Hello.
0:26.9	All right.
0:27.3	So we are moving on to book 10 of Plato's Republic today.
0:33.3	We did it.
0:33.3	We did it.
0:34.1	We are now in, like, such vaunted territory as friends.
0:37.8	Friends had ten seasons.
0:38.7	Oh my word.
0:39.5	Did you want to have ten seasons?
0:40.6	Really?
0:40.9	They had ten seasons?
0:41.6	Beverly Hills, 90210, had ten seasons.
0:44.9	And so did Smallville.
0:47.0	I don't know.
0:47.6	Are you serious?
0:48.5	Smallville and ten seasons?
0:49.3	Smallville.
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