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Do you think there's more to those silly stories of gods and heroes? Do you wonder what the world was like when civilization was young? Classics bookman, Harley Combest, engages in a journey through forgotten lore to rediscover the pivotal moments in man's journey from the cave to the cosmos.

Classics w/ Combest Harley Combest

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Do you think there's more to those silly stories of gods and heroes? Do you wonder what the world was like when civilization was young? Classics bookman, Harley Combest, engages in a journey through forgotten lore to rediscover the pivotal moments in man's journey from the cave to the cosmos.

    Episode 1. Hesiod's Theogony Part I: Primarily Primordial Deities

    Episode 1. Hesiod's Theogony Part I: Primarily Primordial Deities

    In this episode, we talk about the timeline of the ancient greek universe from chaos to the dawn of night by analyzing Hesiod's Theogony ("genealogy or birth of the gods"): a work that was composed around 2720 years ago (c. 700 BC).



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    Hesiod's Theogony (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3nfK1O3

    The Theoi Project: https://www.theoi.com/

     

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    • 28 min
    Episode C. Laches: What is courage? (Platonic Ethics: Part I)

    Episode C. Laches: What is courage? (Platonic Ethics: Part I)

    TURN THE VOLUME DOWN. Now that that's out of the way, we get a bit hyperbolic in this episode but, nonetheless, we must face this dialogue with courage in our search for the truth. Wait, what's courage? We examine the question with stunningly terrible audio.  

    More of a visual learner? Check out my youtube channel here:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPT6BwX7DkWIZt3Mu3bBtsw/ .

    link to the source: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1584  

    link to the audiobook of the source: https://librivox.org/laches-by-plato/  

    * Oof, the mic was at a volume setting that was less than preferable.



    SPOILER END NOTE IN REFERENCE TO THE PODCAST EPISODE:    



    Or could it be both? Or, even, perhaps neither?

    • 29 min
    Episode B. Lysis: What makes a friendship? (Platonic Love: Part I)

    Episode B. Lysis: What makes a friendship? (Platonic Love: Part I)

    Today, we look at Plato's lysis and try to figure out what makes a friendship through quite a few trials and tribulations.  

    Are you more of a visual learner? Check out my youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPT6BwX7DkWIZt3Mu3bBtsw.

    link to the source: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1579 

    link to the audiobook of the source: https://librivox.org/lysis-by-plato/

    • 26 min
    Episode A. Charmides: How do we know what we know? (Plato's Epistemology: Part I)

    Episode A. Charmides: How do we know what we know? (Plato's Epistemology: Part I)

    Here on this episode of Classics with Combest, we get into Charmides. We discuss the nature of temperance and delve further into the depths of the perfect forms. 

    More of a visual learner? Check out my youtube video here: https://youtu.be/pvtH0qzJjYY .

    link to the source: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1580 

    link to the audiobook of the source: https://librivox.org/charmides-by-plato/

    Intro and ending music is "Spring Migration (instrumental)" by Chad Crouch.

    • 14 min

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