The Oracle of Athens: the Story of Socrates
As he lay dying, Socrates gazed upon the faces of his friends and loved ones, gathered in sorrow around his
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Plato: A soul in three parts, and the city-state as a large soul
Plato’s theory of Forms sheds light on his ideas about the soul. First of all, he claims that the body
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Plato’s theory of forms
Everything we sense is an illusion. Everything we sense is deception. Sounds like The Matrix (1999), or The Truman Show
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The beginning of Western philosophy (with videos)
Western philosophy began in ancient Greece around six centuries BCE. The earliest philosophers sought to answer questions about the nature
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The Sophists – we are the measure of all things
Today, calling someone a sophist is often meant in an disapproving way. We often use the term for a certain
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Wisdom and the Socratic method
Socrates lived around four centuries BC, and his fame has far surpassed his living years. He never wrote any of
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The Sophists: Truth is Relative
“Man is the measure of all things: both of things that are, and of things that are not,” says Protagoras
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Why study philosophy? (with video)
Why study philosophy? “The unexamined life is not worth living”, Socrates said just before being condemned to death. A life worth living is one spent in wonder, pondering, reflecting, challenging our own and other people’s beliefs, seeking answers to the big questions.
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