Music Kukoshi: Dream Conversations in Buddhism and Zen. I carry this in my bag when I wanna read in the train. Like the Tao Te Ching a bit, more Zen. Thought provoking, slow paced. Picked it up in the library and knew I had to own it. Also recommend by Benjamin Hoff: The Tao of Pooh, funny interesting read explaining Daoism a bit using Winnie the Pooh (who is the ultimate Zen Master we learn , I think Kung Fu Panda movie borrowed from this book).
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Most people interested in philosophy know about Plato’s long masterpiece *The Republic.* Some may also know about *Symposium*, Plato’s most literary dialogue. Some also know the so-called Five Dialogues — *Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno,* and *Phaedo* — which are often published together and tell the story of Socrates’ trial, imprisonment, and execution*.* If you haven’t read any of them, I recommend doing so.
But other important Platonic dialogues starring Socrates include *Phaedrus* and *Gorgias* (about the art of rhetoric*) Protagoras* (about virtue and the sophists), *Theaetetus* (about the nature of knowledge), *Parmenides* (about metaphysics or theology), and *Timaeus* (about reason and science). Even fans of Plato may not have read all 13 of the dialogues I’ve just mentioned, and few have read the remaining 22 dialogues I haven’t mentioned.
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Music Kukoshi: Dream Conversations in Buddhism and Zen. I carry this in my bag when I wanna read in the train. Like the Tao Te Ching a bit, more Zen. Thought provoking, slow paced. Picked it up in the library and knew I had to own it. Also recommend by Benjamin Hoff: The Tao of Pooh, funny interesting read explaining Daoism a bit using Winnie the Pooh (who is the ultimate Zen Master we learn , I think Kung Fu Panda movie borrowed from this book).
Most people interested in philosophy know about Plato’s long masterpiece *The Republic.* Some may also know about *Symposium*, Plato’s most literary dialogue. Some also know the so-called Five Dialogues — *Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno,* and *Phaedo* — which are often published together and tell the story of Socrates’ trial, imprisonment, and execution*.* If you haven’t read any of them, I recommend doing so.
But other important Platonic dialogues starring Socrates include *Phaedrus* and *Gorgias* (about the art of rhetoric*) Protagoras* (about virtue and the sophists), *Theaetetus* (about the nature of knowledge), *Parmenides* (about metaphysics or theology), and *Timaeus* (about reason and science). Even fans of Plato may not have read all 13 of the dialogues I’ve just mentioned, and few have read the remaining 22 dialogues I haven’t mentioned.