I just want to remind everyone who's interested in the podcast that we are currently taking a poll to see what times fit the best for the most people. Professor Long has set up this site to help facilitate this process: http://www.doodle.com/3bxpy77s9buncv4g
Right now it looks like December 9th at 11:00 AM-1:00PM is the best fit so far, but please put in your available times if you wish to do the podcast. The list of possible discussion points are as follows:
1. Pursuit of the Good - The swan, effect on the soul, what is it?
2. The Nature of dialogue -- Agonistic (Protagorus, Gorgias) vs. Harmonic (Phaedrus)
3. Gorgias -- Rhetoric in pursuit of the Good, Callicles' leaky jars
4. Protagorus -- Can ethics be taught?
5. Do the ends justify the means?
6. The Soul -- The Chariot Allegory, punishment as a means of cleansing one's soul, its relationship with "the good"
7. Erotic Love and the role of the lover in Phadreus
8. Piety -- the role it plays in informing one's soul
9. Socrates' use of story and metaphor in Gorgias and Phaedrus.
If you have any additional questions or concerns feel free to shoot out an email to me at cjy5020@psu.edu
Update: Professor Long has locked in the December 9th 11:00 AM -1:00PM time slot for the podcast. This is the last call for anyone interested in the podcast to vote at http://www.doodle.com/3bxpy77s9buncv4g
Here's the 10th Weekly Round-up podcast in which we (Timothy Bair, Bhavya Kaushal, Sean Tabatcher) talk about the class discussions as well the the blog.
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