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    Ion
    Ion
    Ion
    Audiobook54 minutes

    Ion

    Written by Plato

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    In Plato's ION, Socrates questions Ion, whether he should really claim laud and glory for his 'rhapsodic' recitals of Homer's poetry.
    -Description by Simon-Peter Zak

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Plato

    Plato, one of the most renowned ancient Greek philosophers, was born in 427 B.C. to an aristocratic and wealthy family, which played a prominent part in Athenian politics. Plato in conjunction his teacher, Socrates, and his pupil, Aristotle helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and culture. While primarily influenced by Socrates, Plato’s work was also affected by the philosophies of Heraclitus, Parmenides, and the Pythagoreans. Under the guidance of Socrates, Plato devoted himself to the pursuit of wisdom and upon Socrates’ death, joined a group of the Socratic disciples gathered at Megara. Later he travelled in Egypt, Magna Graecia, and Sicily. He returned to Athens and founded a school, known as the Academy, which seems to have been his home base for the remainder of his life. While thirty-five dialogues and thirteen letters have traditionally been ascribed to Plato, modern scholarship doubts the authenticity of some of them. His early dialogues are also known as the Socratic dialogues and include Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, and Protagoras. He followed these with his transitional dialogues: Gorgias, Meno , and Euthydemus . The Symposium and the Republic are considered the centerpieces of Plato's middle period and are considered some of his most revered work, and other middle dialogues include Phaedo, Phaedrus, and Theaetetus. Plato’s Laws is the best known dialogues of his late period. Plato died in 347 B.C.

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      The Philosophical book itself is good as it is Classic Literature for a reason BUT listening to this as an audiobook was so torturous as if having to endure nails on a chalkboard. I really tried not to judge this too harshly but there is no emotion in this mans voice. The diction and pitch is so off in so many areas. It is really as if at times that he is confused and gets lost on what he’s actually reading. Like when you are reading and you lose your place so you are still talking but at the same time in a panic to find your place again. I know this came from a free source from volunteer readers. But if I am paying a membership fee then it would be nice to have better quality in the ways of audiobooks.