I first read about half of this book several years ago and loved it. I always wanted to finish it. I've been getting into audiobooks lately, but I haven't seen an unabridged audiobook version. This podcast is an amazing find. The reader has an EXTREMELY annoying voice, but you start to get used to it after about 10 minutes. Considering the fact that this collection is both free and complete, it deserves a strong rating in spite of the irritating reading. Get about 10 minutes into it - after the intro is over and the philosophical dialog begins - and you may just start to like it. Plato used a really upbeat and colloquial way of writing his Socratic dialogs. After all, a dialog is a casual two-way conversation, and Plato writes the dialogs of Socrates in such a manner.

This is entirely different from reading Jovett’s Plato, quite refreshing. I do not understand how other commentators have disliked the narrator’s authoritative and expressive reading. To me, he has a just voice that does justice to the work, though I certainly bow to others’ far more informed opinions. However, I do have one question…

Great quality, reader has the perfect voice for this work

Any that might of read and had a hard time getting through it should listen to this and then it would make our understanding of what knowledge is and with that it can only make ourselves better to each other. I appreciate this podcast only recommendation is to have different voices for each individual in this discussion .. lastly for those who didn’t understand why they didn’t follow the numerical book they did it to not confuse the listeners too much. as from this book it’s to gently take the image of a person that was in a cave unable to turn their head... keep trying and you will get the light :)

Each time you attempt to listen to any section of this podcast there is first played an ad for some raunchy video game using the voice of a tough guy street hustler which completely shatters the listener's mood. I couldn't stand it and you wouldn't either! What are these folks thinking, drinking or smoking?

Don't get me wrong, I have alot of respect for a man who narrates this huge book, sticks it on itunes, and doesn't even charge customers $0.99 for it. Thats dedication. However, what really annoys me about all of these audio books on Plato's republic is that none of them state the author or which edition it is. Its really hard to follow along when my book doesn't correspond to the narrator!!! In the end, this narrators voice was charming (not annoying at all). However, I would only buy this if you wanted a very large synopsis of the books.

I am truly grateful to have access to this material. The fact that iTunes provides access to Plato's Republic, and especially such a rich and nuanced reading, is wonderful to me. I can only hope that other classical works become available in time!

Except for Book I, the podcast titles don't match the text. I don't know what version of The Republic he's reading, because there are only ten books (not eleven) in every edition I've seen. This makes it very difficult to coordinate the audio with the text. Not useful to me.

Both the content of the podcast and the narrator's voice are wonderful!

This perfect as a refresher to those familiar with plato and as a full introduction for those who want to gain some understanding of some of the most influential ideas in western philosophy.