Teaching Materials

Topic: Plato

Seminar Materials

Plato's Theories of Politics, Media and Representation:
Excerpts from Plato's Republic and Phaedrus

1. Phaedrus, 274e-275b: Writing and Memory

2. Republic, Book 7, 514a- 517c: The Allegory (or Metaphor) of the Cave

3. Republic, Book 2, 476e-378e: Poetry in Education

4. Republic, Book 3, 414b-415d: The Noble Lie