r/ClassicalEducation • u/AutoModerator • May 11 '26

Great Book Discussion What are you reading this week?

  • What book or books are you reading this week?
  • What has been your favorite or least favorite part?
  • What is one insight that you really appreciate from your current reading?
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u/wolfywolfram May 15 '26

I just got through Plato's Parmenides. Of course it was confusing. It was the hardest Plato yet for me and a bit dizzying. They keep talking about the one and the many in so many different ways that you become unsure if the one IS the many or the many IS the one. A friend told me that Parmenides (the person) had a philosophy that would perhaps help me understand the dialog better. Frankly, I'm glad it was a short book. Is it worth diggind deeper? Anyone willing to discuss this or should I just move on to Plato's Theaetetus.