Materials about Plato and Socrates
- Meno Introduction
- A half-hour warm-up exercise.
- Socrates' Reputation
- An introductory workshop on what the students are bringing to the
readings.
- Meno Workshop 1
- A detailed exploration of Socrates' teaching tactics in the
dialogue.
- Meno Workshop IB
- A later, and longer version of Meno Workshop 1
- Meno Workshop 1C
- A revision of Meno Workshop 1 for Teacher Education students.
- Varieties of Dialogue
- A workshop about a variety of ways to engage another viewpoint,
using the Oresteia as material.
- Socrates,Shame and Ad Hominem
Arguments
- A workshop on Socrates' uses of shame.
- Aporeia: What Next?
- A workshop on aporeia and what follows.
- Socratic Method
- A workshop exploring common features in Socrates' methods across a
number of dialogues.
- Presocratics Workshop I
- Asks students to reflect on a burning candle and the views of a
number of the PreSocratics. The three following workshops expand and
develop sections from it into separate workshops.
- Hippias Minor Workshop
- A workshop on Plato's views about writing and knowledge.
- Ion Workshop I
- Ion Workshop IB
- A revision of the Ion workshop.
- Xenophon Workshop
- Xenophon's presentation of Socrates in comparison to Plato's.
- Phaedo Workshop
- A workshop on The Phaedo and the theory of ideas.
- The Republic and the Theory of Ideas
- A revision of the Phaedo workshop using material from The
Republic.
- Gorgias Workshop
- Explores five philosophical propositions from The Gorgias
- Nietszche's Socrates Workshop
- Nietszche's account of Socrates compared to Plato's.