Socratic dialogue (Ancient Greek: Σωκρατικὸς λόγος) is a genre of prose literary works developed in Greece at the turn of the fourth century BCE, preserved today in the dialogues of Plato and the Socratic works of Xenophon. Characters discuss moral and philosophical problems, illustrating a version of the Socratic method. The dialogues are either dramatic or narrative, and Socrates is often the main character.
Platonic dialogues
Most of the Socratic dialogues referred to today are those of Plato. Platonic dialogues defined the literary genre subsequent philosophers used.
Plato wrote approximately 30 dialogues, in most of which Socrates is the main character. Strictly speaking, the term refers to works in which Socrates is a character. As a genre, however, other texts are included; Plato's Laws and Xenophon's Hiero are Socratic dialogues in which a wise man other than Socrates leads the discussion (the Athenian Stranger and Simonides, respectively). The protagonist of each dialogue, both in Plato's and Xenophon's work, usually is Socrates who by means of a kind of interrogation tries to find out more about the other person's understanding of moral issues. In the dialogues Socrates presents himself as a simple man who confesses that he has little knowledge. With this ironic approach he manages to confuse the other who boasts that he is an expert in the domain they discuss. The outcome of the dialogue is that Socrates demonstrates that the other person's views are inconsistent. In this way Socrates tries to show the way to real wisdom. One of his most famous statements in that regard is "The unexamined life is not worth living." This philosophical questioning is known as the Socratic method. In some dialogues Plato's main character is not Socrates but someone from outside of Athens. In Xenophon's Hiero a certain Simonides plays this role when Socrates is not the protagonist.
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published: 03 Apr 2019
What is ‘The Socratic Method’? [Illustrated]
If you’re familiar with philosophy or classics, you’re bound to have seen the name ‘Socrates’ mentioned once or twice. Perhaps you’ve even seen him crop in pop culture- after all, he is very famous. But why is the so-called “Father of Western Philosophy” so important? And what can we learn from his approach to philosophy? This illustrated guide aims to answer these questions!
Here are the links to the texts used in the video:
Euthyphro + The Apology
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Dialogues-Euthyphro-Apology-Classics/dp/0872206335/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=euthyphro&qid=1577272948&sr=8-1
The Republic
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Republic-Penguin-Classics-Plato/dp/0140455116/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+republic&qid=1577272989&sr=8-1
Concept of Irony (Kierkegaard)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kierkegaards-Wri...
published: 25 Dec 2019
PHILOSOPHY - Plato
Plato was one of the world's earliest and possibly greatest philosophers. He matters because of his devotion to making humanity more fulfilled.
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“Athens, 2400 years ago. It’s a compact place: around 250,000 people live here. There are fine baths, theatres, temples, shopping arcades and gymnasiums. Art is flourishing, and science too. You can pick up excellent fish down at the harbour in Piraeus. It’s warm for more than half the year....”
...
published: 20 Oct 2014
Plato’s best (and worst) ideas - Wisecrack
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Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today’s thinkers like Plato. He created the first Western university and was teacher to Ancient Greece’s greatest minds, including Aristotle. But even he wasn’t perfect. Along with his great ideas, Plato had a few that haven’t exactly stood the test of time. Wisecrack gives a brief rundown of a few of Plato’s best and worst ideas.
Lesson by Wisecrack, animation by Aaron, Tom and Mathias Studios.
published: 25 Oct 2016
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This is the first in a new series of videos, providing advice, suggestions, and information for students and lifelong learners intending to engage in self-directed study of Plato's Dialogues. I provide this, drawing on my decades of experience studying, teaching, and presenting about Plato's works.
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10:55 - practical questions about the texts
24:50 - my suggestions a...
published: 13 Apr 2019
A Lesson From Socrates That Will Change The Way You Think
Socrates
470 BC - 399 BC
A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
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Hello, I am Socrates and I changed the world.
As I speak to you now, I'm sitting in a jail cell in a cave just outside of Athens. In a few moments, a guard is going to bring me a cup of poison hemlock to drink. After I do so, I will become very sleepy and then I will take my last breaths. But before that happens, I thought I'd share some things with you.
I was born in Athens in ancient Greece. People know very little about my history and early life... and I like to keep it that way. You will see that I'm a bit of a troublemaker and like to be a l...
Tarantino's use of a philosophical method originating in Ancient Greece briefly explained.
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Euthyphyo dialogue:
https://spot.colorado.edu/...
Tarantino's use of a philosophical method originating in Ancient Greece briefly explained.
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Euthyphyo dialogue:
https://spot.colorado.edu/~pasnau/fysm/euthyphro.pdf
#socraticdialogue #socrates
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OUTTRO
Music Credit: Dj Quads
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Original upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZwVD...
Tarantino's use of a philosophical method originating in Ancient Greece briefly explained.
SUBSCRIBE for more!
Euthyphyo dialogue:
https://spot.colorado.edu/~pasnau/fysm/euthyphro.pdf
#socraticdialogue #socrates
Music Credits
INTRO
Track Name: "Little Dream"
Music by Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads
• Official DJ QUads YouTube channel HERE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCusF...
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• DJ QUads Spotify HERE: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2VZrd...
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• Original upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5mRT...
• Music promoted by NCM: https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ
OUTTRO
Music Credit: Dj Quads
Track Name: "Midnight Snack"
Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads
Original upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZwVD...
If you’re familiar with philosophy or classics, you’re bound to have seen the name ‘Socrates’ mentioned once or twice. Perhaps you’ve even seen him crop in pop ...
If you’re familiar with philosophy or classics, you’re bound to have seen the name ‘Socrates’ mentioned once or twice. Perhaps you’ve even seen him crop in pop culture- after all, he is very famous. But why is the so-called “Father of Western Philosophy” so important? And what can we learn from his approach to philosophy? This illustrated guide aims to answer these questions!
Here are the links to the texts used in the video:
Euthyphro + The Apology
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Dialogues-Euthyphro-Apology-Classics/dp/0872206335/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=euthyphro&qid=1577272948&sr=8-1
The Republic
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Republic-Penguin-Classics-Plato/dp/0140455116/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+republic&qid=1577272989&sr=8-1
Concept of Irony (Kierkegaard)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kierkegaards-Writings-Continual-Reference-Schellings/dp/0691020728/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=concept+of+irony+kierkegaard&qid=1577273023&sr=8-1
Gregory Vlastos on Socrates
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Socrates-Ironist-Philosopher-Gregory-Vlastos/dp/052131450X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25BTK0PPM02F&keywords=gregory+vlastos&qid=1577273050&sprefix=gregory+vla%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-1
The Advancement of Learning (Bacon)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Advancement-Learning-New-Organon-Atlantis/dp/1545552282/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3PLW9BNNQAG3N&keywords=advancement+of+learning+bacon&qid=1577273105&sprefix=advancement+of+%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-4
Poetry of Robert Burns
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Poems-Songs-Robert-Burns/dp/1849342326/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=robert+burns&qid=1577273142&sr=8-1
Tao Te Ching (Laozi)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tao-Te-Ching-Hackett-Classics/dp/0872202321/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tao+te+ching&qid=1577273154&sr=8-1
- Miles
[Music - Whitesand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2bXIBxWOMI]
If you’re familiar with philosophy or classics, you’re bound to have seen the name ‘Socrates’ mentioned once or twice. Perhaps you’ve even seen him crop in pop culture- after all, he is very famous. But why is the so-called “Father of Western Philosophy” so important? And what can we learn from his approach to philosophy? This illustrated guide aims to answer these questions!
Here are the links to the texts used in the video:
Euthyphro + The Apology
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Dialogues-Euthyphro-Apology-Classics/dp/0872206335/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=euthyphro&qid=1577272948&sr=8-1
The Republic
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Republic-Penguin-Classics-Plato/dp/0140455116/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+republic&qid=1577272989&sr=8-1
Concept of Irony (Kierkegaard)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kierkegaards-Writings-Continual-Reference-Schellings/dp/0691020728/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=concept+of+irony+kierkegaard&qid=1577273023&sr=8-1
Gregory Vlastos on Socrates
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Socrates-Ironist-Philosopher-Gregory-Vlastos/dp/052131450X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25BTK0PPM02F&keywords=gregory+vlastos&qid=1577273050&sprefix=gregory+vla%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-1
The Advancement of Learning (Bacon)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Advancement-Learning-New-Organon-Atlantis/dp/1545552282/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3PLW9BNNQAG3N&keywords=advancement+of+learning+bacon&qid=1577273105&sprefix=advancement+of+%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-4
Poetry of Robert Burns
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Poems-Songs-Robert-Burns/dp/1849342326/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=robert+burns&qid=1577273142&sr=8-1
Tao Te Ching (Laozi)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tao-Te-Ching-Hackett-Classics/dp/0872202321/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tao+te+ching&qid=1577273154&sr=8-1
- Miles
[Music - Whitesand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2bXIBxWOMI]
Plato was one of the world's earliest and possibly greatest philosophers. He matters because of his devotion to making humanity more fulfilled.
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Plato was one of the world's earliest and possibly greatest philosophers. He matters because of his devotion to making humanity more fulfilled.
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Plato was one of the world's earliest and possibly greatest philosophers. He matters because of his devotion to making humanity more fulfilled.
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“Athens, 2400 years ago. It’s a compact place: around 250,000 people live here. There are fine baths, theatres, temples, shopping arcades and gymnasiums. Art is flourishing, and science too. You can pick up excellent fish down at the harbour in Piraeus. It’s warm for more than half the year....”
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Few indiv...
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/plato-s-best-and-worst-ideas-wisecrack
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Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today’s thinkers like Plato. He created the first Western university and was teacher to Ancient Greece’s greatest minds, including Aristotle. But even he wasn’t perfect. Along with his great ideas, Plato had a few that haven’t exactly stood the test of time. Wisecrack gives a brief rundown of a few of Plato’s best and worst ideas.
Lesson by Wisecrack, animation by Aaron, Tom and Mathias Studios.
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/plato-s-best-and-worst-ideas-wisecrack
Check out Wisecrack's YouTube channel here: https://goo.gl/A5vb5K
Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today’s thinkers like Plato. He created the first Western university and was teacher to Ancient Greece’s greatest minds, including Aristotle. But even he wasn’t perfect. Along with his great ideas, Plato had a few that haven’t exactly stood the test of time. Wisecrack gives a brief rundown of a few of Plato’s best and worst ideas.
Lesson by Wisecrack, animation by Aaron, Tom and Mathias Studios.
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This is the first in a new series of videos, providing advice, suggestions, and information for students and lifelong learners intending to engage in self-directed study of Plato's Dialogues. I provide this, drawing on my decades of experience studying, teaching, and presenting about Plato's works.
Here are the general topics discussed:
0:01 - overview of what I'll cover
2:16 - why start studying Philosophy with Plato
10:55 - practical questions about the texts
24:50 - my suggestions about how to start
37:20 - problems and issues you don't (necessarily) need to worry about
43:36 - final thoughts
Useful Links:
One Anthology: Plato's Complete Works, edited by John Cooper - https://amzn.to/2Gl6zJX
Another Anthology: Plato's Collected Dialogues, edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns - https://amzn.to/2Da4EpC
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This is the first in a new series of videos, providing advice, suggestions, and information for students and lifelong learners intending to engage in self-directed study of Plato's Dialogues. I provide this, drawing on my decades of experience studying, teaching, and presenting about Plato's works.
Here are the general topics discussed:
0:01 - overview of what I'll cover
2:16 - why start studying Philosophy with Plato
10:55 - practical questions about the texts
24:50 - my suggestions about how to start
37:20 - problems and issues you don't (necessarily) need to worry about
43:36 - final thoughts
Useful Links:
One Anthology: Plato's Complete Works, edited by John Cooper - https://amzn.to/2Gl6zJX
Another Anthology: Plato's Collected Dialogues, edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns - https://amzn.to/2Da4EpC
Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/
Academia - https://www.academia.edu/
My Plato video playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB0AE9449D5B07340
Study With Sadler Academy - https://reasonio.teachable.com/
#plato #philosophy #study
Socrates
470 BC - 399 BC
A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of ...
Socrates
470 BC - 399 BC
A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
Hello, I am Socrates and I changed the world.
As I speak to you now, I'm sitting in a jail cell in a cave just outside of Athens. In a few moments, a guard is going to bring me a cup of poison hemlock to drink. After I do so, I will become very sleepy and then I will take my last breaths. But before that happens, I thought I'd share some things with you.
I was born in Athens in ancient Greece. People know very little about my history and early life... and I like to keep it that way. You will see that I'm a bit of a troublemaker and like to be a little mysterious. Most people know me as one of the first philosophers of the Western world, but I never saw myself that way. Philosophers tend to think they know a lot about the world, but me? I really don't think I know anything at all.
When I returned to Athens after fighting in the Peloponnesian War, I did quite a bit of thinking. You see, in my time there were many men who were considered wise, but I was very skeptical of this wisdom. In my life and travels, I found that many people who appear or claim to be wise are not actually very wise at all. This is a problem because when people believe a man is wise, they tend to blindly follow him - often with terrible consequences. If you don’t question this wisdom, you can never discover its flaws. Then knowledge stands still like a stone, instead of growing and changing like a tree.
So, I started asking questions. I found that when someone makes a claim that something is true, the best way to test that truth is to ask a series of challenging questions. For example, if a man claims that it is virtuous to love the god Zeus, I would ask, what is a virtue? What is love? Are there other gods to love? If they cannot even explain what virtue is, how can they say that it is virtuous to love Zeus? If they cannot explain what love is, how can we know if we are truly loving Zeus, and therefore that we are virtuous? If someone making these claims cannot answer these challenges, then how can they know the truth of their claim?
In my life, I didn't publish any works or write much down for others to read, but many young men in Athens - including a very bright student named Plato - used to follow me around and watch closely as I questioned some of the "wisest" men in the city. Plato would eventually pass this method down to his student Aristotle, who was the tutor of Alexander the Great. Alexander spread Greek thought to his vast kingdom. When the Romans took over Alexander’s empire, they expanded it even larger and spread the Greek tradition even further. Sadly, when the Romans fell, the world entered a long, dark period where knowledge stood still once again. But then, something wonderful happened.
There was a renaissance of thought and knowledge when people began to revive the works of my students. Science flourished when people realized the power of methodical questioning and testing of claims. In your time, my method of questioning is known as the Socratic (after me!) method and is the basis of modern scientific and philosophical inquiry. And all this because I asked a few questions!! Many people think that when someone asks a question, or many questions like I do, that they are unwise. But I think just the opposite. True wisdom is the knowledge of how little you actually know. It is this realization that allows you to start asking questions and get to the real truth.
Asking questions may be the best way to get to the truth, but it is also a fast way to make enemies. I'm afraid that I embarrassed quite a few very important men in Athens, who saw me as kind of a professional smart-aleck. When they saw that young men in the city were beginning to question as I did, I was arrested for corrupting the youth of Athens! My student Plato wrote about the trial.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
Socrates
470 BC - 399 BC
A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
Hello, I am Socrates and I changed the world.
As I speak to you now, I'm sitting in a jail cell in a cave just outside of Athens. In a few moments, a guard is going to bring me a cup of poison hemlock to drink. After I do so, I will become very sleepy and then I will take my last breaths. But before that happens, I thought I'd share some things with you.
I was born in Athens in ancient Greece. People know very little about my history and early life... and I like to keep it that way. You will see that I'm a bit of a troublemaker and like to be a little mysterious. Most people know me as one of the first philosophers of the Western world, but I never saw myself that way. Philosophers tend to think they know a lot about the world, but me? I really don't think I know anything at all.
When I returned to Athens after fighting in the Peloponnesian War, I did quite a bit of thinking. You see, in my time there were many men who were considered wise, but I was very skeptical of this wisdom. In my life and travels, I found that many people who appear or claim to be wise are not actually very wise at all. This is a problem because when people believe a man is wise, they tend to blindly follow him - often with terrible consequences. If you don’t question this wisdom, you can never discover its flaws. Then knowledge stands still like a stone, instead of growing and changing like a tree.
So, I started asking questions. I found that when someone makes a claim that something is true, the best way to test that truth is to ask a series of challenging questions. For example, if a man claims that it is virtuous to love the god Zeus, I would ask, what is a virtue? What is love? Are there other gods to love? If they cannot even explain what virtue is, how can they say that it is virtuous to love Zeus? If they cannot explain what love is, how can we know if we are truly loving Zeus, and therefore that we are virtuous? If someone making these claims cannot answer these challenges, then how can they know the truth of their claim?
In my life, I didn't publish any works or write much down for others to read, but many young men in Athens - including a very bright student named Plato - used to follow me around and watch closely as I questioned some of the "wisest" men in the city. Plato would eventually pass this method down to his student Aristotle, who was the tutor of Alexander the Great. Alexander spread Greek thought to his vast kingdom. When the Romans took over Alexander’s empire, they expanded it even larger and spread the Greek tradition even further. Sadly, when the Romans fell, the world entered a long, dark period where knowledge stood still once again. But then, something wonderful happened.
There was a renaissance of thought and knowledge when people began to revive the works of my students. Science flourished when people realized the power of methodical questioning and testing of claims. In your time, my method of questioning is known as the Socratic (after me!) method and is the basis of modern scientific and philosophical inquiry. And all this because I asked a few questions!! Many people think that when someone asks a question, or many questions like I do, that they are unwise. But I think just the opposite. True wisdom is the knowledge of how little you actually know. It is this realization that allows you to start asking questions and get to the real truth.
Asking questions may be the best way to get to the truth, but it is also a fast way to make enemies. I'm afraid that I embarrassed quite a few very important men in Athens, who saw me as kind of a professional smart-aleck. When they saw that young men in the city were beginning to question as I did, I was arrested for corrupting the youth of Athens! My student Plato wrote about the trial.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
Tarantino's use of a philosophical method originating in Ancient Greece briefly explained.
SUBSCRIBE for more!
Euthyphyo dialogue:
https://spot.colorado.edu/~pasnau/fysm/euthyphro.pdf
#socraticdialogue #socrates
Music Credits
INTRO
Track Name: "Little Dream"
Music by Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads
• Official DJ QUads YouTube channel HERE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCusF...
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If you’re familiar with philosophy or classics, you’re bound to have seen the name ‘Socrates’ mentioned once or twice. Perhaps you’ve even seen him crop in pop culture- after all, he is very famous. But why is the so-called “Father of Western Philosophy” so important? And what can we learn from his approach to philosophy? This illustrated guide aims to answer these questions!
Here are the links to the texts used in the video:
Euthyphro + The Apology
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Dialogues-Euthyphro-Apology-Classics/dp/0872206335/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=euthyphro&qid=1577272948&sr=8-1
The Republic
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Republic-Penguin-Classics-Plato/dp/0140455116/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+republic&qid=1577272989&sr=8-1
Concept of Irony (Kierkegaard)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kierkegaards-Writings-Continual-Reference-Schellings/dp/0691020728/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=concept+of+irony+kierkegaard&qid=1577273023&sr=8-1
Gregory Vlastos on Socrates
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Socrates-Ironist-Philosopher-Gregory-Vlastos/dp/052131450X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25BTK0PPM02F&keywords=gregory+vlastos&qid=1577273050&sprefix=gregory+vla%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-1
The Advancement of Learning (Bacon)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Advancement-Learning-New-Organon-Atlantis/dp/1545552282/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3PLW9BNNQAG3N&keywords=advancement+of+learning+bacon&qid=1577273105&sprefix=advancement+of+%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-4
Poetry of Robert Burns
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Poems-Songs-Robert-Burns/dp/1849342326/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=robert+burns&qid=1577273142&sr=8-1
Tao Te Ching (Laozi)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tao-Te-Ching-Hackett-Classics/dp/0872202321/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tao+te+ching&qid=1577273154&sr=8-1
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Plato was one of the world's earliest and possibly greatest philosophers. He matters because of his devotion to making humanity more fulfilled.
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Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today’s thinkers like Plato. He created the first Western university and was teacher to Ancient Greece’s greatest minds, including Aristotle. But even he wasn’t perfect. Along with his great ideas, Plato had a few that haven’t exactly stood the test of time. Wisecrack gives a brief rundown of a few of Plato’s best and worst ideas.
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This is the first in a new series of videos, providing advice, suggestions, and information for students and lifelong learners intending to engage in self-directed study of Plato's Dialogues. I provide this, drawing on my decades of experience studying, teaching, and presenting about Plato's works.
Here are the general topics discussed:
0:01 - overview of what I'll cover
2:16 - why start studying Philosophy with Plato
10:55 - practical questions about the texts
24:50 - my suggestions about how to start
37:20 - problems and issues you don't (necessarily) need to worry about
43:36 - final thoughts
Useful Links:
One Anthology: Plato's Complete Works, edited by John Cooper - https://amzn.to/2Gl6zJX
Another Anthology: Plato's Collected Dialogues, edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns - https://amzn.to/2Da4EpC
Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/
Academia - https://www.academia.edu/
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Socrates
470 BC - 399 BC
A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
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Hello, I am Socrates and I changed the world.
As I speak to you now, I'm sitting in a jail cell in a cave just outside of Athens. In a few moments, a guard is going to bring me a cup of poison hemlock to drink. After I do so, I will become very sleepy and then I will take my last breaths. But before that happens, I thought I'd share some things with you.
I was born in Athens in ancient Greece. People know very little about my history and early life... and I like to keep it that way. You will see that I'm a bit of a troublemaker and like to be a little mysterious. Most people know me as one of the first philosophers of the Western world, but I never saw myself that way. Philosophers tend to think they know a lot about the world, but me? I really don't think I know anything at all.
When I returned to Athens after fighting in the Peloponnesian War, I did quite a bit of thinking. You see, in my time there were many men who were considered wise, but I was very skeptical of this wisdom. In my life and travels, I found that many people who appear or claim to be wise are not actually very wise at all. This is a problem because when people believe a man is wise, they tend to blindly follow him - often with terrible consequences. If you don’t question this wisdom, you can never discover its flaws. Then knowledge stands still like a stone, instead of growing and changing like a tree.
So, I started asking questions. I found that when someone makes a claim that something is true, the best way to test that truth is to ask a series of challenging questions. For example, if a man claims that it is virtuous to love the god Zeus, I would ask, what is a virtue? What is love? Are there other gods to love? If they cannot even explain what virtue is, how can they say that it is virtuous to love Zeus? If they cannot explain what love is, how can we know if we are truly loving Zeus, and therefore that we are virtuous? If someone making these claims cannot answer these challenges, then how can they know the truth of their claim?
In my life, I didn't publish any works or write much down for others to read, but many young men in Athens - including a very bright student named Plato - used to follow me around and watch closely as I questioned some of the "wisest" men in the city. Plato would eventually pass this method down to his student Aristotle, who was the tutor of Alexander the Great. Alexander spread Greek thought to his vast kingdom. When the Romans took over Alexander’s empire, they expanded it even larger and spread the Greek tradition even further. Sadly, when the Romans fell, the world entered a long, dark period where knowledge stood still once again. But then, something wonderful happened.
There was a renaissance of thought and knowledge when people began to revive the works of my students. Science flourished when people realized the power of methodical questioning and testing of claims. In your time, my method of questioning is known as the Socratic (after me!) method and is the basis of modern scientific and philosophical inquiry. And all this because I asked a few questions!! Many people think that when someone asks a question, or many questions like I do, that they are unwise. But I think just the opposite. True wisdom is the knowledge of how little you actually know. It is this realization that allows you to start asking questions and get to the real truth.
Asking questions may be the best way to get to the truth, but it is also a fast way to make enemies. I'm afraid that I embarrassed quite a few very important men in Athens, who saw me as kind of a professional smart-aleck. When they saw that young men in the city were beginning to question as I did, I was arrested for corrupting the youth of Athens! My student Plato wrote about the trial.
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Socratic dialogue (Ancient Greek: Σωκρατικὸς λόγος) is a genre of prose literary works developed in Greece at the turn of the fourth century BCE, preserved today in the dialogues of Plato and the Socratic works of Xenophon. Characters discuss moral and philosophical problems, illustrating a version of the Socratic method. The dialogues are either dramatic or narrative, and Socrates is often the main character.
Platonic dialogues
Most of the Socratic dialogues referred to today are those of Plato. Platonic dialogues defined the literary genre subsequent philosophers used.
Plato wrote approximately 30 dialogues, in most of which Socrates is the main character. Strictly speaking, the term refers to works in which Socrates is a character. As a genre, however, other texts are included; Plato's Laws and Xenophon's Hiero are Socratic dialogues in which a wise man other than Socrates leads the discussion (the Athenian Stranger and Simonides, respectively). The protagonist of each dialogue, both in Plato's and Xenophon's work, usually is Socrates who by means of a kind of interrogation tries to find out more about the other person's understanding of moral issues. In the dialogues Socrates presents himself as a simple man who confesses that he has little knowledge. With this ironic approach he manages to confuse the other who boasts that he is an expert in the domain they discuss. The outcome of the dialogue is that Socrates demonstrates that the other person's views are inconsistent. In this way Socrates tries to show the way to real wisdom. One of his most famous statements in that regard is "The unexamined life is not worth living." This philosophical questioning is known as the Socratic method. In some dialogues Plato's main character is not Socrates but someone from outside of Athens. In Xenophon's Hiero a certain Simonides plays this role when Socrates is not the protagonist.