| Evidence: | 'A Meeting held at Whinfell 21/1/29 Alfred Rawlings in the chair 1. Minutes of last time read and approved
4. The Subject of Plato was then taken F. E. Pollard explained briefly the subject and manner of "The Republic" following which Alfred and Janet Rawlings read one of the earlier dialogues. H. B. Lawson then gave us a most fascinatingly interesting account of Plato's life and work. After supper Chas E. Stansfield read from Book 7 of the "Republic" "The Cave" this reading being illustrated by a diagram kindly made and explained by F. E. Pollard. F. E. Pollard then outlined for us the main thoughts of Platos [sic] Philosophy Ideas the true reality[.] The evening concluded by T. C. Elliott reading the affecting account of Socrates death in the Phaedo. Thus came to an end a most interesting evening.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 21 Jan 1929 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | Reading Whinfell |
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| Reader: | Howard Smith |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1860 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of XII Book Club |
| Additional comments: | As secretary of the club it is assumed that Howard Smith read the minutes to the meeting |
| Author: | Howard Smith |
| Title: | [Minutes of the meeting held 4 Dec 1928] |
| Genre: | Minutes |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Notebook |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 29271 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Howard Smith | |
| Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) | |
| Location: | private collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | 186 |
| Citation: | Howard Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. 186, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29271, accessed: 22 September 2023 | |
| Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). |
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