How Long to Read Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic

How Long Does it Take to Read Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic by Nicholas D. Smith

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Nicholas D. Smith presents an original interpretation of the Republic, considering it to be a book about knowledge and education. Over the course of Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic, he argues for four main theses. Firstly, the Republic is not just a work that has a lot to say about education; it is a book that depicts Socrates as attempting to engage his interlocutors in such a way as to help to educate them and also engages us, the readers, in a way that helps to educate us. Secondly, Plato does not suppose that education, properly understood, should have as its primary aim putting knowledge into souls that do not already have it. Instead, the education Plato discusses, represents occurring between Socrates and his interlocutors, and hopes to achieve in his readers is one that aims to arouse the power of knowledge in us and then to begin to train that power always to engage with what is more real, rather than what is less real. Thirdly, Plato's conception of knowledge is not the one typically presented in contemporary epistemology. It is, rather, the power of conceptualization by the use of exemplars. And finally, Plato engages this power of knowledge in the Republic in a way he represents as only a kind of second-best way to engage knowledge - and not as the best way, which would be dialectic. Instead, Plato uses images that summon the power of knowledge to begin the process by which the power may become fully realized.

How long is Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic?

Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic by Nicholas D. Smith is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic aloud.

What Reading Level is Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic?

Summoning Knowledge in Plato's Republic is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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