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Poleis

The lecture places Plato within a golden age of Greek philosophy where multiple thinkers across different poleis proposed theories and interacted with one another.

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Historical context for Plato's intellectual formation.

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The lecture places Plato within a golden age of Greek philosophy where multiple thinkers across different poleis proposed theories and interacted with one another.

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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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"Any more questions? Ask a question, okay? Okay. That's a good question, okay? What are the influences of Plato, okay? So you can make..."

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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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