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Public Republic

October 18 @ 8:00 am 6:00 pm

Join the Philosophy Department by the Minerva Statue for their annual public reading of all 10 books of Plato’s Republic.

This event will take place on the lawn between College Ave. and the Minerva statue near the EUC. On that day, from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., we will publicly read all 10 books of Plato’s Republic. As Republic is written in a dramatic, dialogical format, and represents a day-long discussion amongst (mostly) friends, we will be bringing this dialogue to life in our performance. We welcome anyone who would like to drop by, even for just a short while, to join us.

We enthusiastically welcome volunteer readers!

We will be devoting an hour to each of Republic’s 10 books. In some of those books, there are lots of characters participating in the conversation, and in others, just a few. We’d ideally like to have 2 volunteer readers for each role, for each book.

We recommend scouting out the content of your role before signing up. We’ll bring plenty of hard copies of each book to the event, so no need to print them out yourself!

YOU CAN SIGN-UP TO BE A VOLUNTEER READER HERE!

Learn more about the Public Republic here.

If you have any questions, including inquiries into disability accommodations, feel free to contact Dr. Adam Rosenfeld at [email protected].

Students reading outside
Philosophy students participate in the 2018 “Public Republic.”
A group of philosophy students engaging a discussion
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