Plato's Guide to Philosophical Preparation
Marta Alexandra Heckel
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Plato's Guide to Philosophical Preparation

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Imagine a hypothetical reader of Plato. He cannot help but notice that throughout Plato's works, there are exhortations to philosophy - powerful protreptics that praise philosophy's virtues. Philosophy can make us better skilled at thinking (Phaedrus 239b), it can make us more virtuous (Phaedo 83e), it can help us discover the secret to happiness (Republic 473e), and allow us to experience the truest pleasures of this life (Republic 586e-7a), as well as be rewarded in life after death (Gorgias 526c, Phaedrus 249c, Phaedo 114c). Philosophy, in short, is "a gift from the gods to the mortal race ...