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Was Plato's ideal state a totalitarian one? Karl Popper, thought so, and made his case in The Open Society and Its Enemies. Melissa Lane, author of Plato's Progeny discusses Popper's critique of Plato in this episode of Philosophy Bites.
Is war inevitable, given the human condition? What causes human agression? For Plato's Socrates it comes from innate tendencies nurtured in the wrong way. And that's where war comes from. Angie Hobbs gives a fascinating introduction to this aspect of Plato's Republic in this episode of Philosophy Bites.
Listen to Angie Hobbs on Plato on War
Other Audio Resources
Listen to why Angie Hobbs thinks Plato the greatest of all philosophers
Listen to Angie Hobbs on Plato on Erotic Love (an earlier episode of Philosophy Bites)
Listen to Angie Hobbs discussing Socrates on In Our Time
Article by Angie Hobbs on Plato on War
Forthcoming in Maieusis edited by Dominic Scott (see below) a collection of pieces by eminent classics scholars in honour of the work of Myles Burnyeat.
Listen to Myles Burnyeat on Aristotle on Happiness (an earlier episode of Philosophy Bites)
Simon Blackburn, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, has recently published Plato's Republic: A Biography . We launch Philosophy Bites with an interview with him on the topic of Plato's image of the cave - one of the most famous images in philosophy.
Listen to interview with Simon Blackburn
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