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Plato at the Googleplex
by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Plato visits modern America, Google, a cable show, a neuroscience lab, in dialogues that show why philosophy still matters. Clever and learned.
Read it if…
you want Plato made contemporary.
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Skip it if…
you want the originals.
Try instead: The Trial of Socrates →
Three things you will actually use
- Philosophy makes progress.
- Plato is still arguing.
- Crowds do not know.
Do this first
Read the Googleplex chapter.
Our verdict
Plato today.
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