Plato - Sophist (Live Reading)

About this event

After finishing the Statesman, we'll read its prequel: the Sophist. This week we will begin at the start of the dialogue. The dramatic action is as follows: an Eleatic Stranger (or visitor) discusses with Theaetetus (who resembled Socrates) who or what the Sophist is. Also present: Socrates, Young Socrates, and Theodorus (who introduces Socrates to Theaetetus). Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/sch-ctga-oyq No particular edition is required, but we can discuss what we want to use during the meeting. Because of this, sharing some editions that are generally available digitally in the comments may be helpful. I'll also try to keep the Greek text handy (probably through a Loeb edition, but anyone can look at Perseus as well). If you want to familiarize yourself with the text in advance, here are some different editions: On Perseus, Fowler (HTML): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0172:text%3DSoph.:section%3D216a Plato's Complete Works: PDF: https://annas-archive.gl/md5/b670e9aea7c9f52b2d40d63ff84f5600