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Teaching the Euthyphro to sixteen-year-olds: what works and what doesn’t?

Question Giulia Ferrante
Meta-ethics Greek & Roman Platonism Plato #divine-command #euthyphro-dilemma

Open question

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Diotima’s ladder: does loving the Form of Beauty make particular people disposable?

Discussion Giulia Ferrante
Beauty & art Greek & Roman Platonism Plato #beauty #love

Last reply Giulia Ferrante

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Numbers exist independently of us: mathematical platonism is true

Debate Tomasz Wójcik
Philosophy of mathematics Analytic Platonism #abstract-objects #mathematical-platonism

For 1Against 3

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Aug 2026
Is the Allegory of the Cave a theory of education first and a metaphysics second?

Discussion Giulia Ferrante
Knowledge & belief Greek & Roman Platonism Plato #allegory-of-the-cave #education

Last reply Claire Dubois

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Aug 2026
Reading group: Plato’s Phaedo, weeks 1–3

Reading Group Giulia Ferrante
Death Greek & Roman Platonism Plato #immortality #soul

Last reply Giulia Ferrante

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Aug 2026
Plato

Thinker
Greek & Roman Platonism

Athenian philosopher, student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, who founded the Academy in Athens. His dialogues, most featuring Socrates as the main speaker,…

c. 428 – 348 BCE

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