Word: plato
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which he declared that taste does not follow class distinctions. He based his argument on the popularity of his " Pocket Series " of books, chiefly reprints of literary classics. Mr. Haldeman-Julius has sold over 30,000,000 of these in three years.* The best seller of the group is Plato's Trial and Death of Socrates. Said Mr. Haldeman-Julius of the working man and these volumes: "He can read the biography of a great man while riding to work; can learn the gist of Chinese philosophy during the lunch hour; can obtain a clear view of the sweep...
...composers. "Socrates", as it happens, is one of the very few of Satie's published compositions that is wholly adapted to the conditions of the concert room. In this production, which will be heard for the first time tonight, Satie bases the music on extracts from the Dialogues of Plato. It is also one of the soberest pieces that the singular Parisian has set to music...
...Choral Society, Dr. A. T. Davison '06, Conductor. George Newell Sp. and G. W. Woodworth '24, Pianists. Five Pieces for the Piano Edward Ballantine (First performance) Two Voices The Climbing Vine Pavane Minuet Capriccio Played by the composer Socrate Erik Satie (First performance in America) Three Dialogues out of Plato 1. Portrait de Socrate (Le Banquet) 2. Bords de I'lllisus (Phedre) 3. Mort de Socrate (Phedon) J. F. Lautner '21, Tenor Virgil Thomson '23, Planist
Elder Guardians of Plato's Republic, They Have Taken Time to Be Wise...
...public influence in America whose influence does not depend upon how they stand. They have nothing to fear and nothing to seek for themselves. And they are saved by years of exacerbating contact with youth from the danger of ever becoming old. They are the elder guardians of Plato's Republic deprived of nothing but the authority which they deserve. They are the rarest phenomena of our age?men who have taken time to be wise...