Plato's Republic (Part 1)

Directed by Richard Jernigan. Starring Ed Lowry (Socrates) and Austin Jernigan (Adeimantus). Between 1949 and 1953, brothers Tex and Buster Bedell filmed each chapter of Plato's Republic for viewing by high school and college students. The use of color film in later chapters bankrupted their company, the Education Television Ranch. After going unpaid for two months editor Sparky Waddells scammed the company by placing his personal address on testing packets, a dubious money-making scheme developed by the Bedell brothers to capture additional revenue from colleges and school districts. As a final act of vengeance, Mr. Waddells began shipping "re-edited" versions of each film, of which this is the only surviving example.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• plato
• republic
• richard
• austin
• jernigan
• ed
• lowry
• philosophy
• phenomenology

[richjern]

It's one chapter, the video is split. Chapter 21, Why The Philosophic Nature is Useless or Corrupted in Existing Society (VI 487B-497A).

[MrBlackwit]

hahahahha.

I love Plato's Republic.. but i HATE this.

[alonsoacr1]

Nice! This was funny as hell! Good way to bring humor to The Republic...

[swannavon]

Thanks for this. It allows me to listen to these dialogues as I do other things. I find these Greek guys to be ever so tedious, though. Have to do it for school.

[scotty686]

This is acted like a porn film <3

[LearnerChess]

I think it's hilarious that they find it necessary to inform us that it is a "studio dramatization" that we are watching.

[DropsOfRain1]

i have read the text, and this is so funny hahaha ...

[Shadow0faHedgehog]

14 people obviously don't know the form of the good. 

[thinker6236]

dont listen to this, other wise when you read the text this is all you can think of. and it will ruin it for you.

[Jitpring]

Most fundamentally misunderstand The Republic. The city in speech (Callipolis) they construct is not being advocated. What's being shown in The Republic is that if we seek to construct heaven on earth, we will get hell. If you read it in this light, it's a transformative experience.

[bibbybou]

@MuchAdmiredEditor I don't mean to just cut in and you have already been put in your place but the comment is ridiculous even with everything everyone has pointed out too you your further wrong in thinking philosophy is fact when actually its opinion so what I'm really trying to say is your not kant just a cunt

[jiveturkeyusa]

LOL