Donald Robertson

It's a bit circular. But if you learn to think like Socrates, you'll learn to think for yourself.

It's a bit circular. But if you learn to think like Socrates, you'll learn to think for yourself.

It's a bit circular. But if you learn to think like Socrates, you'll learn to think for yourself.

What was his come-up story? We kind of have several bits of evidence there. So sometimes the evidence is a little bit contradictory or it's a little bit vague. So in telling his story, we have to make some assumptions. We have to iron out some contradictions and stuff because the ancient texts are a little bit messy in that regard. So the most famous explanation he gives is in Plato's Apology.

What was his come-up story? We kind of have several bits of evidence there. So sometimes the evidence is a little bit contradictory or it's a little bit vague. So in telling his story, we have to make some assumptions. We have to iron out some contradictions and stuff because the ancient texts are a little bit messy in that regard. So the most famous explanation he gives is in Plato's Apology.

What was his come-up story? We kind of have several bits of evidence there. So sometimes the evidence is a little bit contradictory or it's a little bit vague. So in telling his story, we have to make some assumptions. We have to iron out some contradictions and stuff because the ancient texts are a little bit messy in that regard. So the most famous explanation he gives is in Plato's Apology.

where he says his friend Chirophon went to Delphi, which is a few days walk outside Athens in the mountains. It's an incredible place. It's like something out of Lord of the Rings. And there's a great famous temple to the god Apollo there. And you could ask questions of the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo. She sat on a bronze tripod, supposedly inhaling these fumes, and she'd go into a trance.

where he says his friend Chirophon went to Delphi, which is a few days walk outside Athens in the mountains. It's an incredible place. It's like something out of Lord of the Rings. And there's a great famous temple to the god Apollo there. And you could ask questions of the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo. She sat on a bronze tripod, supposedly inhaling these fumes, and she'd go into a trance.

where he says his friend Chirophon went to Delphi, which is a few days walk outside Athens in the mountains. It's an incredible place. It's like something out of Lord of the Rings. And there's a great famous temple to the god Apollo there. And you could ask questions of the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo. She sat on a bronze tripod, supposedly inhaling these fumes, and she'd go into a trance.

And the god Apollo possessed her and spoke through her, right? And Hierophon, who was another philosopher, a weird dude who people compared to a bat, a respecter. I imagine him almost like a kind of goth or something. He was a bit of a misfit, but he was Socrates' best friend. He was known for doing kind of eccentric things.

And the god Apollo possessed her and spoke through her, right? And Hierophon, who was another philosopher, a weird dude who people compared to a bat, a respecter. I imagine him almost like a kind of goth or something. He was a bit of a misfit, but he was Socrates' best friend. He was known for doing kind of eccentric things.

And the god Apollo possessed her and spoke through her, right? And Hierophon, who was another philosopher, a weird dude who people compared to a bat, a respecter. I imagine him almost like a kind of goth or something. He was a bit of a misfit, but he was Socrates' best friend. He was known for doing kind of eccentric things.

So he went to the Delphic Oracle and said, asked it, is any man wiser than Socrates? And it replied, no man is wiser than Socrates. Apollo, the god Apollo, replied, no man is wiser than Socrates. And so the weird story in the Apology is that Socrates found this difficult to accept and so he went around grilling the wisest people that he could find and

So he went to the Delphic Oracle and said, asked it, is any man wiser than Socrates? And it replied, no man is wiser than Socrates. Apollo, the god Apollo, replied, no man is wiser than Socrates. And so the weird story in the Apology is that Socrates found this difficult to accept and so he went around grilling the wisest people that he could find and

So he went to the Delphic Oracle and said, asked it, is any man wiser than Socrates? And it replied, no man is wiser than Socrates. Apollo, the god Apollo, replied, no man is wiser than Socrates. And so the weird story in the Apology is that Socrates found this difficult to accept and so he went around grilling the wisest people that he could find and

to try and find evidence that there was indeed somebody that was wiser than him. Because he didn't believe that no one was wiser than him. But he found that when he asked great philosophers and statesmen, often they contradicted themselves. So he thought they can't be wise. They believe that they are. And the sophists literally called themselves wise men.

to try and find evidence that there was indeed somebody that was wiser than him. Because he didn't believe that no one was wiser than him. But he found that when he asked great philosophers and statesmen, often they contradicted themselves. So he thought they can't be wise. They believe that they are. And the sophists literally called themselves wise men.

to try and find evidence that there was indeed somebody that was wiser than him. Because he didn't believe that no one was wiser than him. But he found that when he asked great philosophers and statesmen, often they contradicted themselves. So he thought they can't be wise. They believe that they are. And the sophists literally called themselves wise men.

But often when they were questioned, the things they were saying were full of contradictions and fell apart. And so Socrates thought, well, look, I come to the conclusion that paradoxically, I don't know much either, but neither do these guys. And I am wiser than them by a hair's breadth because at least I know that I'm not wise, whereas they falsely believe that they are wise, right?

But often when they were questioned, the things they were saying were full of contradictions and fell apart. And so Socrates thought, well, look, I come to the conclusion that paradoxically, I don't know much either, but neither do these guys. And I am wiser than them by a hair's breadth because at least I know that I'm not wise, whereas they falsely believe that they are wise, right?