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3 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: intellectual-influences

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Intellectual Influence

After Socrates' death in 399 BCE, Plato is said to spend twelve years traveling and absorbing different philosophies.

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The Cave That Makes Socrates A Martyr

2024-10-22, day precision · Civilization #10: The Trial of Socrates and Plato's Allegory of the Cave

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"...make the argument that Socrates was not that much of an intellectual influence on Plato. And the reason why is, remember, Socrates questioned your..."

The Cave That Makes Socrates A Martyr

2024-10-22, day precision · Civilization #10: The Trial of Socrates and Plato's Allegory of the Cave

Transcript

"And while he's traveling, he's absorbing lots of different philosophy, okay? So look, we don't have access to Egyptian sources, right? So we don't..."

Islam As Proto-Modernity

2025-03-11, day precision · Civilization #37: The Golden Age of Islam

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"...to islam this is important for us because um the muslim intellectual influence on Europe has been whitewashed from history. This is something you..."

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The Cave That Makes Socrates A Martyr

2024-10-22, day precision · claims

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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central turn: Socrates attacks democracy by exposing the weakness of language and reason, then Plato rescues Socrates by turning the cave into a martyr story, a Christian universe,...

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