The following are a series of brilliant AI-generated Step-by-Step Guides for Thinking in the same way as Plato, the brilliant philosopher. The AI used was Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro with NotebookLM, as presented with the five volumes of Benjamin Jowett’s public domain 1871-1875 translations of Plato into English.
CONTENTS LIST:
- Methods of Thinking in Plato’s Dialogues
1.1. Dialectic
1.1.1. Dialectic: Definitions
1.1.2. Dialectic: Division and Generalisation
1.1.3. Dialectic: Elenchus (Socratic Method)
1.2. Hypothetical Reasoning
1.3. Anamnesis (Recollection)
1.4. Analogy and Illustration
1.5. Myth and Allegory
1.6. Irony - Main Subject Matters in Plato’s Dialogues, a List