Donald Robertson

like you know i lost my father when i was quite young and i thought to be honest that really shook me and made me kind of question what's the point of all of that because i saw him um he died of lung cancer like he was bedridden for about a year and so i had about a year just to observe my father dying slowly and think he seemed to be going through this process of questioning what his life had stood for and so when i was like 13 14 years old that kind of made me think gee i don't want to end up like that

like you know i lost my father when i was quite young and i thought to be honest that really shook me and made me kind of question what's the point of all of that because i saw him um he died of lung cancer like he was bedridden for about a year and so i had about a year just to observe my father dying slowly and think he seemed to be going through this process of questioning what his life had stood for and so when i was like 13 14 years old that kind of made me think gee i don't want to end up like that

like at the end of my life thinking maybe i've spent my time and energy in the wrong way so these things and also sometimes i think having children and looking at your kids and thinking what you want for them and what values you want them to have if we approach it in the right way can help us to gain some insight and start to question what our values are but if we don't do that we just look around us think everybody's obsessed with money and fame and

like at the end of my life thinking maybe i've spent my time and energy in the wrong way so these things and also sometimes i think having children and looking at your kids and thinking what you want for them and what values you want them to have if we approach it in the right way can help us to gain some insight and start to question what our values are but if we don't do that we just look around us think everybody's obsessed with money and fame and

like at the end of my life thinking maybe i've spent my time and energy in the wrong way so these things and also sometimes i think having children and looking at your kids and thinking what you want for them and what values you want them to have if we approach it in the right way can help us to gain some insight and start to question what our values are but if we don't do that we just look around us think everybody's obsessed with money and fame and

you know we end up entering into the rat race chasing around after that then one day you end up in your deathbed and the doctors tell you you've only got you know a few weeks left and you think you look back on you think what a huge waste of time a lot of that was like you know maybe i've got like you know millions of dollars in my bank account but it's not you know you can't take it with you like you know does it really do anything that worthwhile in retrospect so that's why i

you know we end up entering into the rat race chasing around after that then one day you end up in your deathbed and the doctors tell you you've only got you know a few weeks left and you think you look back on you think what a huge waste of time a lot of that was like you know maybe i've got like you know millions of dollars in my bank account but it's not you know you can't take it with you like you know does it really do anything that worthwhile in retrospect so that's why i

you know we end up entering into the rat race chasing around after that then one day you end up in your deathbed and the doctors tell you you've only got you know a few weeks left and you think you look back on you think what a huge waste of time a lot of that was like you know maybe i've got like you know millions of dollars in my bank account but it's not you know you can't take it with you like you know does it really do anything that worthwhile in retrospect so that's why i

ancient philosophy is kind of obsessed with this question of death now the other thing that could help us would be reading about philosophers who contemplate the problem of our own mortality like that's why plato's apology is so influential because it depicts socrates standing in court knowing he's about to be executed can you tell us the the story of the end of socrates life what happened what was the build-up why did it occur

ancient philosophy is kind of obsessed with this question of death now the other thing that could help us would be reading about philosophers who contemplate the problem of our own mortality like that's why plato's apology is so influential because it depicts socrates standing in court knowing he's about to be executed can you tell us the the story of the end of socrates life what happened what was the build-up why did it occur

ancient philosophy is kind of obsessed with this question of death now the other thing that could help us would be reading about philosophers who contemplate the problem of our own mortality like that's why plato's apology is so influential because it depicts socrates standing in court knowing he's about to be executed can you tell us the the story of the end of socrates life what happened what was the build-up why did it occur

It's a slightly long and convoluted story. For some reason, he was brought to trial. Charges were brought against him. So in Athenian law, other citizens could sue you. And he was brought to court under charges of impiety and corrupting the youth. What's impiety?

It's a slightly long and convoluted story. For some reason, he was brought to trial. Charges were brought against him. So in Athenian law, other citizens could sue you. And he was brought to court under charges of impiety and corrupting the youth. What's impiety?

It's a slightly long and convoluted story. For some reason, he was brought to trial. Charges were brought against him. So in Athenian law, other citizens could sue you. And he was brought to court under charges of impiety and corrupting the youth. What's impiety?

like that he didn't believe in the traditional gods basically and these are standard charges that were used against intellectuals basically you know there was nothing new but if you were like if you were too clever other people in athens would say you're corrupting the youth right and if you question things excuse for politically incorrect blasphemy

like that he didn't believe in the traditional gods basically and these are standard charges that were used against intellectuals basically you know there was nothing new but if you were like if you were too clever other people in athens would say you're corrupting the youth right and if you question things excuse for politically incorrect blasphemy

like that he didn't believe in the traditional gods basically and these are standard charges that were used against intellectuals basically you know there was nothing new but if you were like if you were too clever other people in athens would say you're corrupting the youth right and if you question things excuse for politically incorrect blasphemy

Yeah, you're engaged in blasphemy as well if you're starting to question some traditional religious ideas and stuff like that. So it was kind of like stock charge in a way. There are many reasons why some people think Socrates had certain political views. He also had friends that became controversial in Athenian society.

Yeah, you're engaged in blasphemy as well if you're starting to question some traditional religious ideas and stuff like that. So it was kind of like stock charge in a way. There are many reasons why some people think Socrates had certain political views. He also had friends that became controversial in Athenian society.

Yeah, you're engaged in blasphemy as well if you're starting to question some traditional religious ideas and stuff like that. So it was kind of like stock charge in a way. There are many reasons why some people think Socrates had certain political views. He also had friends that became controversial in Athenian society.