On essays from Lear's Open Minded: Working Out the Logic of the Soul (1988): "Inside and Outside the Republic," "Eros and Unknowing: The Psychoanalytic Significance of Plato’s Symposium," and "An Interpretation of Transference," which compares Socrates' questioning with psychotherapy. Is Plato's analogy between mind and state in The Republic a good one? What can we learn from it about what makes for a stable, healthy character? How does eros (desire) fit into this picture? Lear gives a creative, helpful reading of Plato informed by psychoanalysis. Part two of this episode is only going to be available to you if you sign up at <a href="partiallyexaminedlife.com/support" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">partiallyexaminedlife.com/support</a>. <a href= "https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2021/03/28/ep266-2-jonathan-lear-plato-citizen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get it now</a> or <a href= "https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/preview-ep266-2-jonathan-lear-plato/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listen to a preview</a>. Sponsors: Get $200 off a mattress and two free pillows at <a href= "https://helixsleep.com/PEL">HelixSleep.com/PEL</a>. Get 50% off The New Yorker and a free tote bag at <a href= "http://newyorker.com/PEL" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">NewYorker.com/PEL</a>. See <a href= "https://www.headspace.com/code?code=PEL" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">headspace.com/PEL</a> for a free month's access to a library of guided meditations. Learn about St. John's College at <a href="https://www.sjc.edu/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">SJC.edu</a>.

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Ep. 266: Jonathan Lear's Plato: Psyche and Society (Part One)

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