''Poitier Meets Plato'' is an album recorded by Warner Bros. Records and published by Jackie Barnett. The actor
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was an American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive ...
recites excerpts from
Plato
Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution ...
's works over music composed and conducted by
Fred Katz
Frederick Carl Katz (21 May 1877 – 13 December 1960) was an Australian trade unionist and politician. He had a long association with the Australian labour movement, holding senior leadership positions with the Federated Clerks' Union, Feder ...
. The passages were arranged and selected by Henry L. Drake.
Track listing
(Side 1)
1. "
The Philosopher-King Must Rule"
2. "
This I Know-That I Know Nothing"
3. "
Contribution of Music and Gymnastics"
4. "
Immortality of the Soul
Christian mortalism is the Christianity, Christian belief that the human Soul (spirit), soul is not naturally Immortality of the soul, immortal and may include the belief that the soul is “sleeping” after death until the Resurrection of the ...
"
5. "The Greeks Had a Word for it"
(Side 2)
6. "
Our World a Cave"
7. "
Woman's Place in Society"
8. "
Discovery of the Good Life"
9. "
Only the Wise are Brave"
10. "
The Penalty is Death"
References
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1964 albums
Warner Records albums