Favorite Books IV

Posted on Thursday, June 21st, 2007 at 11:21 am

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Today I want to tell you about one of my top five books that many people talk about but few people really read.  It is a very difficult book to understand the first time through and so I have a few recomendations for you.  First, make sure you get the translation with the notes that I show you.  This will help you a great deal. Second, get some Cliff’s notes or something like that to help you get big ideas.  Third, think about signing up for Knox’s Christianity and Culture class (the first one) where we deal with this work alongside of another great book about cities.  This course is available for distance study should you live some distance away.  You will have your choice between having myself or Dr. Gage as a teacher.  I would recomend Dr. Gage.  You can check out the exact course description at http://knoxseminary.org/prospective_students/master_christianity_culture_courses.aspx Just click on CC 500 The Origins of Christian & Anti-Christian Culture.  Enough of this, here is the book, Plato’s Republic.  It has some of the most important parables, outside the Bible, in the world.  The Cave, the Stargazer, the Ring of Invisibility are all critically important and communicate a great deal in the way of a story.  This is a book to be read, re-read, and read again.

Happy Stargazing . . .