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This is a chapter from my book Socrates – moral philosophy in everyday life “What all of us deeply want is not to do something, but to be something.” A.E. Taylor, Plato – The man and his work When Socrates’ execution was certain and impending, and after he bid his …

This is a chapter from my book, Socrates – moral philosophy in everyday life “Their teacher is a prisoner of himself, and the only act of ‘freedom’ he recognizes is embracing death. Will they succeed in convincing him to escape from himself?” Kostis Papagiorgis, Socrates – the lawgiver that kills …

This is a chapter from my book Socrates – moral philosophy in everyday life “For that man is best prepared for life who makes all that concern his welfare depend upon himself…he it is that is temperate, he it is that is courageous and wise”247e-2488a Plato, Menexenus As absurd as …

This is a chapter from my book Socrates – moral philosophy in everyday life “If you are ignorant on what a sophist is, you don’t even know to whom you intend to deliver your soul”312c Plato, Protagoras In one of Plato’s most noted texts, Socrates meets Protagoras[1], with whom he disagrees …

This is a chapter from my book Socrates – moral philosophy in everyday life “Not even on this should you believe god doubtlessly, but you should examine separately each of his phrases” Xenophon, Apology “One is the race of gods and men. From one mother we are born. Our only …

This is a chapter from my book Socrates – moral philosophy in everyday life “Of the opinions that men form, on others we must give importance, and on others not”46d Plato, Crito Crito visits Socrates in his cell where he awaits his execution, and in order to convince him to …

This is a chapter from my book, Socrates – moral philosophy in everyday life “According to ‘I know nothing’, the dialogues started in order not to end” Kostis Papagiorgis, Socrates – the lawgiver that kills himself There is a differentiation between the socratic method of Plato’s early dialogues and his …

This is a chapter from my book, Socrates – moral philosophy in everyday life “Socrates was a teacher, in the manner in which he meant it” Gregory Vlastos, Socrates – ironist and moral philosopher For someone who said he knew nothing, Socrates surely made a lot of extraordinary claims, which …