tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post4157131543102472247..comments2024-03-28T14:22:37.153-07:00Comments on mole: On the Road from PiraeusDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-7825405353050705312022-06-21T08:46:01.588-07:002022-06-21T08:46:01.588-07:00The Republic begins with Socrates and Glaucon (Pla...The Republic begins with Socrates and Glaucon (Plato's brother) on the road back to Athens from Piraeus: they are detained by a slave of Polemarchus, who insists on them coming to dinner. They submit, and the rest of the book is their conversation there. How Plato (who was not at the dinner) manages to know what everyone said is left as an exercise for the reader.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.com