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Komentáře • 136

  • @philosorapper4936
    @philosorapper4936 Před 2 lety +14

    Whats is very interesting, is the date that Solon gives is “9000 years before their time” if The critias was written 2,300 years ago and atlantis came 9000 years before their time, that adds up to 11,300 years ago which coincides exactly with the meltwater pulse 1b rapid glacial melt and sea level rise at the end of the younger dryas impact event. These cataclysmic events may explain the “great flood myth” that still echos in MANY ancient texts and religions to this day! How many times have great civilizations been reset by cataclysms only to be erased from time?

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 2 lety +4

      Have you read the work of Graham Hancock? His fingerprints and magician’s of the goods go into this is great detail.

    • @BouldersPaigeTurner
      @BouldersPaigeTurner Před 2 lety

      A reoccurring 12000 year pole shift might be the cause.

    • @3euine3
      @3euine3 Před rokem +2

      I honestly doubt Atlantis ever existed. I agree that ‘the great flood’ myth many civilizations around the world share likely describes the meltwater pulse 1b event but I think these are describing the same story in different ways. There is a fun theory that the Sumerians originally lived in what is now the Persian Gulf when it was just a valley. After a couple hundred years of sea level rise they moved into southern Iraq and told stories about how the gods punished mankind for it’s sins and wiped out the previous civilization. The greeks, Egyptians, Jews and Indins all borrowed that myth and adapted it to their own mythology. I think the idea of a great civilization going under the sea might be plato mixing various historical events that became legends by the time plato was alive. I would recommend reading about the bronze age collapse if that’s something you’ve never looked into before, but it’s important because it produced a 700 dark age in greece where people stopped writing things down and couldn’t read the previous writing system the mycannaeans or Minoans used. I think he mixed legends about the ‘sea people’ and collapse of the Minoan civilization along with a flood myth to produce the Atlantis civilization. I personally think he did this to describe how the passage of time will destroy even the most advanced civilization but just kept adding onto the myth as he got older. Anyway hope this helps!

    • @thakid7105
      @thakid7105 Před 25 dny

      According to Solon, the Egyptian Priest at Sais had record of what was it; 5 additional catastrophic events?

  • @NikkolasKing
    @NikkolasKing Před 3 lety +46

    Thank you so much for this. I'm just a layman but I love Plato more than justa bout any other philosopher. Unfortunately, I am legally blind so it's hard to find good audiobooks of all his dialogues apart from the famous ones. This and the Laws are two dialogues I'd really like to see agood reading of from a good translation and so thank you again.

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 3 lety +5

      You are very welcome! Be sure to check out to the Platonic Dialogue playlist where there are many other of Plato's works! I'm happy to hear that you find them valuable.

    • @looseleafteabutworse
      @looseleafteabutworse Před rokem +2

      I imagine the sacred text archives and a good screen reader would be invaluable to you

  • @tirig6346
    @tirig6346 Před 3 lety +7

    Parts of it are alchemical in nature, Plato is full of surprises

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 3 lety +3

      He sure is. There is no end of the depth of wisdom in the dialogues.

  • @anyoneattheendoftime4932

    Listening to Plato's account of the creation of numbers makes me feel so stoned.

  • @johnbevan4684
    @johnbevan4684 Před 3 lety +21

    Thanks for this, mate. It's obvious you worked very hard on this. Cheers.

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 3 lety +3

      You're welcome. Glad you found it valuable! 👍

    • @stevedelchamps5113
      @stevedelchamps5113 Před 2 lety +1

      These readings are greatly appreciated. You have a pleasant pace and delivery. I plan to add you to my list of Patreon “clients.”

  • @crackyflipside
    @crackyflipside Před měsícem +2

    Starting at 10:44 is Atlantis story. Explanation of how some mythological narratives serve as a cultural storage media to encode cataclysms and how to survive them.

  • @ferntheinkling
    @ferntheinkling Před rokem +6

    This is literally so helpful. Not only is this audiobook in my translation, but it even shows me where to is on the page! This makes reading so much more fun, ty ❤

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před rokem +3

      You are very welcome! I find the AudioEbook format the most helpful way to take in the ideas! 😀🙏

    • @ferntheinkling
      @ferntheinkling Před rokem +1

      @@lewiskirk8289 yes me too! Tysm!

  • @thekungflu8965
    @thekungflu8965 Před 3 lety +8

    Thanks for this beautiful reading!
    God bless you and may the greatness you read and thus "give" to the world, come back to you and your life! :)

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 3 lety +2

      Wow! Thank you. There are not too many Plato fans out there, so it is great to meet a fellow lover of wisdom. More Plato to come soon. 🙏❤️

  • @ReneePsalm18
    @ReneePsalm18 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Personal bookmark 14:13
    24:53
    1:39:29
    1:42:25
    1:47:18
    1:47:38
    1:49:14
    1:53:34

  • @audreyc7462
    @audreyc7462 Před 2 lety +8

    Wow! 👏 this is absolutely amazing. Excellent reading! Your hard work is very much appreciated

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 2 lety +3

      You are most welcome. It’s great to find people who appreciate Plato. 🙏

  • @jackdarby2168
    @jackdarby2168 Před 3 lety +9

    Thanks mate. I appreciate you doing the classics. They hopefully will stay up for a long long time continuing such tradition

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 3 lety +3

      You're very welcome Jack. I really enjoy Plato, but it's not the easiest read, so these audioebooks help I believe. I intend to keep building and building the library and like you say, it should be available for a long time, all things being well. 👍

    • @jackdarby2168
      @jackdarby2168 Před 3 lety +1

      @Rohan Koa This a new type of advertising, isn't it? You for real

    • @jackdarby2168
      @jackdarby2168 Před 3 lety

      @Jairo Decker Hello? 😒 Bots

  • @Larzsolice
    @Larzsolice Před 2 měsíci +1

    Plato wasn't lying. This is so much easier to follow if you draw the diagrams (or take them from Alchemy and Kabbalah manuscripts)

  • @emadbagheri
    @emadbagheri Před rokem +4

    @1:54:25, these are Newton's Laws of Motion, 2000 years before Newton!

  • @FullForceCrew1
    @FullForceCrew1 Před 4 lety +4

    Hi Mr. Kerk. I really appreciate your uploads here. Looking forward for more!

  • @level4286
    @level4286 Před 3 lety +6

    Many thanks for posting this.
    To think that this is the Book that Plato holds, in the School of Athens fresco, in the room right before one enters the Sistine Chapel; where the roof is covered by a fresco depicting the new testament and the final judgement.
    There is something about Plato's and Aristotle's hand and feet gestures, the books and their title's, plus the interplay of red and blue hues that has always intrigued me... Also the fact that Raphael depicted Plato as Leonardo, made me remember Jesus' hand gestures and interplay of the red and blue hues in the Last Supper fresco.
    Again, thanks for making me search a wee bit more easy by posting this audio and written visual.

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 3 lety +3

      What a great picture you paint with this comment. There are clearly connections and relationships between all you touch on above. The Timaeus is Plato's Genesis/Creation account, and I am sure that it impacted the church fathers and founders. I find having the text and audio the easiest way to consume the dialogue. Thanks for the great comment, and enjoy your studies.

    • @level4286
      @level4286 Před 3 lety +3

      @@lewiskirk8289 you are very very welcome... I must add, that: rediscovering the linear/historical relationship between Neith and Athena and the fact that "they're" the patron goddess of the Chicago Exchange, makes me fall in love all over again with the grand design of USA by it's founders... Also find it interesting that Diana is also in direct relationship with Neith/Athena, since they're goddess of Industry, Arts, and War... Since Gal Gadot is an ex Mossad agent... The irony!
      Finally, the cosmology expressed in this text reminds me of The Zohar (Kabala Book of Brilliance) and of Teosophical teaching of Madam Blavatsky (did you know most modern "high" art is based on her teachings?) ... add a bit of Akenahten (my fav pharo and first monotheist)
      Funny thing is, it took many years after reading these, for the information to be distilled into knowledge, even personal knowledge; as if personal memories of past lives.
      How to explain this... ?
      Let's say the "allegory" of "The Cave" is more real that we may let ourselves feel and think... That to know thyself in history and to know thyself, voluntarily or involuntary, the way all the smoke and mirrors break down...
      Yet, it is also lonely and perilous to go through "the cave", because once you see it, one can't go back, even if it might cost you your life... And one can't judge others for not "seeing it", because you where once like that and you yourself cannot fully explain why have you gone through this process; was it fate, was it an accident...

  • @BouldersPaigeTurner
    @BouldersPaigeTurner Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you for the reading. I’m grateful for your time and passion it took create it. Cheers

  • @clarkharney8805
    @clarkharney8805 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you again for sharing the brilliant dialogues !

  • @Gloopsie
    @Gloopsie Před rokem +1

    Thank you so much!! I don't often use audiobooks but in case of ancient texts such as these i find them to be absolutley neccesary. you are the reason I will fly right through the honors program :)

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před rokem +1

      You’re welcome. I find having the text and audio together the best way to consume dense information. Good luck with your studies 🙏

  • @iandeanburns
    @iandeanburns Před 4 lety +4

    Thanks a lot. Excellent work, as usual.

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 4 lety +1

      Your welcome Ian. Critias should be ready for next week. 👍

  • @sheiken9754
    @sheiken9754 Před 3 lety +3

    Great job my dude, thanks a lot!

  • @zerakhu
    @zerakhu Před rokem +3

    Thank you for this, I really enjoy listening and reading his works ❤

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před rokem +1

      You are most welcome! I find the AudioEbooks the easy way to digest dense material like Plato. Glad you found it valuable 🙏

  • @toddmalone6124
    @toddmalone6124 Před rokem +1

    Once again thank you sir for what you do.

  • @ambientjane3036
    @ambientjane3036 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thanks so much for this! I have to study it for my masters and listening whilst reading helps me so much!

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 10 měsíci +2

      You're very welcome! It’s the best way to consume the information in my opinion. Good luck with your studies 🙏

    • @ambientjane3036
      @ambientjane3036 Před 10 měsíci

      @@lewiskirk8289 yes I totally agree! And thank you, much appreciated!

  • @augustineopara2887
    @augustineopara2887 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Wow this is really anatomy and physiology. Thank you so so much.

  • @elel2608
    @elel2608 Před 10 měsíci +3

    22:48 Atlantis

  • @blerpblerpson890
    @blerpblerpson890 Před rokem +1

    Super appreciated.

  • @UdiDol
    @UdiDol Před 10 dny +1

    Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!

  • @frederickingrando5469
    @frederickingrando5469 Před rokem +1

    Thanks bro this really did make me smarter!

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před rokem +1

      Glad I could help. Any time we read Plato we get smarter…

  • @thespiritofhegel3487
    @thespiritofhegel3487 Před 2 lety +1

    These videos are great.

  • @tombirmingham7033
    @tombirmingham7033 Před 2 lety +2

    Oops, i gotta say that at 23 minutes the Atlantis stuff and the 10k years of written human history blew my mind

  • @adamwheeless8523
    @adamwheeless8523 Před 7 dny +1

    2024 thank you for this.

  • @fraterdeusestveritas2022
    @fraterdeusestveritas2022 Před 3 lety +7

    29:53 is by far the most profound statement in this entire book.

  • @clarkharney8805
    @clarkharney8805 Před 2 lety +8

    “Because it shares in reason and harmony, the soul came to be the most excellent of all the things begotten by him who is himself most excellent of all that is intelligible and eternal.”
    - Plato (Timaeus)

  • @SeedSix
    @SeedSix Před 2 lety +2

    "...what is becoming is becoming, and what is about to become is about to become, and what is non-existent is non-existent; but none of these expressions is accurate."
    I guess that means I should be skeptical the next time I hear someone say it is what it is. 🤔

  • @MrMikkyn
    @MrMikkyn Před 2 lety +2

    Plato sounds like a theologian, tantrika, yogi, or kabbalist. His understanding of the elements through his characters Timaeus is fascinating. In Kabbalah it would be the sefirot, in Shakta Tantra and Kundalini Yoga it would be the chakras, in Samkhya it would be the tattvas. And then there’s a mix of science and alchemy there too. Its really fascinating that this was considered thousands of years ago.

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 2 lety +1

      It’s a wonderful dialogue. And thank you for pointing out those perennial truths across the other traditions 🙏

    • @Dynaboy1
      @Dynaboy1 Před rokem

      Plato was initiated by the Egyptians, and he learned and shared some of the secrets

  • @chamodasadaruwan4083
    @chamodasadaruwan4083 Před 3 lety +2

    supperb.

  • @richardkettering9532
    @richardkettering9532 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I'll say this about the moon...it would be about the most militarily strategic place in our world to be stationed and since we went there over 50 years ago to think there's not some type of governmental entity up there is just not logical

  • @nax1990
    @nax1990 Před rokem +1

    29:50
    What is that which always is? And has no becoming, And what is that which becomes? but never is.

  • @edenkammeyer6879
    @edenkammeyer6879 Před rokem +1

    1:55:10 bookmark

  • @bobwilson7684
    @bobwilson7684 Před 2 lety +1

    The famous sun calendar at Mexico national museum, tells about four catastrophes too, may that be true, it is interesting to see, how each culture is using the myth for making themselves and origins bigger and better than anyone, we have to consider that, for all of these texts, there is no single piece of material that can be confirmed as the original only first one. and all these texts themselves, are very wise from the beginning, saying that it is an oral legend, comming from cultures that were writing records of everything...?..--indpendently of the veracity of the story-- to note, regarding those nostalgics, and those who want to see those ancestors as so "cool" and so great and peaceful, I think is shocking how much they delve into the question army, they are talking then about armies and civilizatons in conflict since 11.000 years agominimum...all of them equaly into slavery to the core...
    since I go around these topics, I realize how much these supremacist interpretations of the past have done so much damage to ancient and modern societies, and when going on the internet...things don´t look any better.
    However, thanks for posting one "original" in the first place, so anyone can have a clear idea of what we talk about.
    fantastic reading Lewis, not so easy finding a good one like this.

  • @95Josey
    @95Josey Před 6 měsíci +1

    Sorry, i really enjoyed listening to your version of timaios; could you please share the translation used? Thank you very much for your timelessness.

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 6 měsíci +1

      I’m glad you enjoyed the dialogue. It comes from the Hackett publication and the translation is by DonaldJ.Zeyl

  • @3euine3
    @3euine3 Před rokem +1

    how does prometheus fit into this assessment of the universe? Did plato believe that Prometheus was a real physical deity who built humans and this great architect who built the universe created prometheus?

  • @bolgert911
    @bolgert911 Před 3 lety +2

    21:40 on atlantis

  • @sabrinaimbrogno7932
    @sabrinaimbrogno7932 Před 3 lety +2

    Hi Lewis. Thank you for reading this. Whose translation is this?

    • @sabrinaimbrogno7932
      @sabrinaimbrogno7932 Před 3 lety +1

      I see the linked reference now, but I don’t know if editor means translator. Any idea?

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 3 lety +1

      You are welcome! The names next to each dialogue in the contents are the translators. If you read the acknowledgements too there is some nice information about the translations. Be sure to check out the rest of the Platonic dialogues. 🙏

  • @alexandercle
    @alexandercle Před 2 lety

    Many thanks to Mr. Lewis Kirt for posting. 32 years ago, I name my third son, Timaeus. The study has never finished yet. Paideia Society

  • @2550205
    @2550205 Před rokem +1

    good to smell the breadth of wholves sniffing at the bit

  • @ObjectiveZoomer
    @ObjectiveZoomer Před rokem +1

    1:30:00 bookmark

  • @AlexB-nw7jt
    @AlexB-nw7jt Před rokem +1

    Hi, the PDF link is broken, anyone have a backup?

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před rokem +1

      Here you go. Hope this works
      cful.letras.ulisboa.pt/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Plato-Complete-Works-by-Plato-John-M.-Cooper-D.-S.-Hutchinson-z-lib.org_.pdf

  • @eightness888
    @eightness888 Před 4 měsíci +1

    54:03 in relation to the myth of er from Republic

  • @TBD3.0
    @TBD3.0 Před rokem +1

    👍🏻

  • @aisforamerica2185
    @aisforamerica2185 Před 11 měsíci

    17:10ff the flood comes and leaves humanity at an infancy, forgetting her past.
    50:25ff

  • @nickj5451
    @nickj5451 Před 3 lety +2

    29:50 - 28a

  • @usfreedomsmith3077
    @usfreedomsmith3077 Před 2 lety +1

    Who came here for Atlantis but stayed but the hard-core philosophy?

  • @usfreedomsmith3077
    @usfreedomsmith3077 Před 2 lety +1

    BTW platos republic is awesome and you'll see some modern day democracies follow its practices

  • @ahmadalany4212
    @ahmadalany4212 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Can you imagine whole bbc dramas and audiobooks done with AI including the music in them. No more millions of dollars and hours of hard working for actors.

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 11 měsíci +1

      I can imagine you and I doing it. AI would do all the work, we would just need to prompt it.. amazing!

    • @91jmixes40
      @91jmixes40 Před 10 měsíci +2

      If all art and writing were AI, none of it would be of any value.

    • @HinaB358
      @HinaB358 Před 7 měsíci

      Ai doesn't have voice inflection, yet. It is still pretty flat and leads to no emotion or fluency.

  • @franciscocaldas5258
    @franciscocaldas5258 Před 2 lety +1

    8:00

  • @blackmonster4708
    @blackmonster4708 Před 3 lety +8

    who is still listening to this in 2021?

    • @williamanderson4395
      @williamanderson4395 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes.

    • @lukecash3500
      @lukecash3500 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I'm studying it intently for writing purposes, in 2023. And this is a real windfall of a nice resource.

  • @davidchavez1553
    @davidchavez1553 Před 2 lety

    43:00

    • @davidchavez1553
      @davidchavez1553 Před 2 lety

      Thank you for posting this. Plato is an all time favorite. I definitely will be listening to your channel. Have a blessed day.

  • @Mellabellaluna
    @Mellabellaluna Před 4 dny +1

    50:17 chevron deference ? 😂

  • @jwink7795
    @jwink7795 Před 3 lety +2

    3pic story.. . . . .

  • @123sLb123
    @123sLb123 Před rokem +1

    Why does he say order=good, order just got the appearance of good, humans are not robots we need balance

    • @sarahpersonalexcellenceguide
      @sarahpersonalexcellenceguide Před měsícem

      I thought that too. But I'm of the opinion that the Greeks, like most literate people, forgot the REAL order of the universe always includes balance between opposites. Because literate people write the importance of balance out of people's minds. They do it by portraying the negative, feminine, chaotic parts of life as "bad" and "undesirable." Look how Hesiod portrayed Pandora.

  • @91jmixes40
    @91jmixes40 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Maybe I'm uncultured but I cannot make sense of 90% of this book

    • @lewiskirk8289
      @lewiskirk8289  Před 10 měsíci +1

      The Timaeus is not one of the easiest dialogues to understand. I made a video about where to start with Plato. Maybe you could start there 🙏

    • @91jmixes40
      @91jmixes40 Před 10 měsíci

      @@lewiskirk8289 Well I've read several dialogues already, Republic, Alcibiades, Ion... but this one wasn't really a dialogue at all, and it just felt like Timaeus was making stuff up 😂

  • @CDNSnowDay
    @CDNSnowDay Před rokem +11

    Imagine, we have people in our world today that think the moon in a projector and our world is flat while these Ancient Greek Philosopers and story tellers are out here accurately describing our universe before they even understood it. Also, I'm convinced people killed Socrates because they thought he was insufferable and pertentious haha.

    • @bbbofficial777
      @bbbofficial777 Před 9 měsíci

      Nobody killed Socrates. Athenians were very lenient with him, considering he was a heretic, and what a nuisance he had been. They gave him the option of drinking, hemlock, or leaving, he chose to drink it.

    • @CDNSnowDay
      @CDNSnowDay Před 9 měsíci

      @jhn1488 Yes, I know, but it's not much of a choice for an elderly man. Either die from hemlock or die out in the wilderness. That's why he chose hemlock, easier death.

    • @lukecash3500
      @lukecash3500 Před 9 měsíci +3

      And of course there's the consideration that probably a lot more people than Socrates were executed by these courts for having associated with the Thirty Tyrants. On charges similarly nebulous sounding.
      Same reason Aristotle's Macedonian association became inexpedient enough he had to leave. Athens may not always have been a safe place to criticize democracy or be associated with monarchs and/or oligarchs.

    • @Hermetic_
      @Hermetic_ Před 5 měsíci +1

      @CDNSnowDay …does your comment mean you believe what these ancient Greeks described here is true or accurate? Anymore accurate than those who consider the moon a projector?

  • @Kid_Ikaris
    @Kid_Ikaris Před 4 lety +2

    " in fact we even made mention of women. We said that their natures should be made to correspond with those of men, and that having to do with war or with the other spectacle of life, should be common to both men and women. " - circa 350-400BC
    Women actually beginning being culturally accepted in all occupations circa 2017AD

    • @2tehnik
      @2tehnik Před 3 lety +4

      And then the text implies unjust people get reincarnated into women?
      Maybe I'm misinterpreting this, but I do find it strange how Plato would hold such seemingly contrary opinions.

    • @Kid_Ikaris
      @Kid_Ikaris Před 3 lety

      @@2tehnik maybe it is explained in part by the simple answer that his brilliance was beyond his cultural view of the world.

    • @cesare3016
      @cesare3016 Před 3 lety +4

      @@2tehnik To be fair, it was the character of Timaeus who said that and not Socrates (Plato`s primary vessel for his ideas). Plato could see women as inferior metaphysically, but also believe that there should be no difference on a societal level, as in his ideal city. We should also avoid looking into ancient writings with modern views that may bias our interpretations. With that said, I`m not an specialist, but I hope I cleared things a bit.

    • @2tehnik
      @2tehnik Před 3 lety

      @@cesare3016 old.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/jjr3sh/are_platos_views_on_women_contradictory_how_do_we/
      Here's a good answer.

  • @tinocogin4570
    @tinocogin4570 Před rokem +1

    join two of these triangles along the hypothe et ic k le of it at the point of poingy
    join three of the two to four m the equi laughable trifangle of in maginary space
    from the empty enf of the new fangle fuzz a bit of cat fur into amberish eze is stance
    rinse repeat as ken kesey was so kind to kick around the bus full of ideas

  • @wingit7335
    @wingit7335 Před měsícem +1

    Can't listen to dis.