Donald Robertson

No, not normally. No. I know I do. But no, he stood for 24 hours. We're told from sunrise one day to sunrise the next day in Potidaea in the middle of a battle. No, we're not in the battle. While they were besieging the city way in the north of Greece, we're told that he just froze and

No, not normally. No. I know I do. But no, he stood for 24 hours. We're told from sunrise one day to sunrise the next day in Potidaea in the middle of a battle. No, we're not in the battle. While they were besieging the city way in the north of Greece, we're told that he just froze and

And some of the other soldiers camped beside him overnight because they were kind of like, is he really going to stand here all night barefoot in the cold? Like they were having bets on it or something. And they watched him and in the morning, I believe Plato says that he said a prayer to the rising sun, which may have been associated with the god Apollo.

And some of the other soldiers camped beside him overnight because they were kind of like, is he really going to stand here all night barefoot in the cold? Like they were having bets on it or something. And they watched him and in the morning, I believe Plato says that he said a prayer to the rising sun, which may have been associated with the god Apollo.

And some of the other soldiers camped beside him overnight because they were kind of like, is he really going to stand here all night barefoot in the cold? Like they were having bets on it or something. And they watched him and in the morning, I believe Plato says that he said a prayer to the rising sun, which may have been associated with the god Apollo.

But one of the themes that runs through the dialogues is Socrates' association with the god Apollo. There's a debate about whether Apollo was associated with the sun that early. I think he was. So it may be Socrates saw the sun as an embodiment of the god Apollo, who's kind of the patron god of philosophy. And it was the priestess of Apollo who said, no man is wiser than Socrates.

But one of the themes that runs through the dialogues is Socrates' association with the god Apollo. There's a debate about whether Apollo was associated with the sun that early. I think he was. So it may be Socrates saw the sun as an embodiment of the god Apollo, who's kind of the patron god of philosophy. And it was the priestess of Apollo who said, no man is wiser than Socrates.

But one of the themes that runs through the dialogues is Socrates' association with the god Apollo. There's a debate about whether Apollo was associated with the sun that early. I think he was. So it may be Socrates saw the sun as an embodiment of the god Apollo, who's kind of the patron god of philosophy. And it was the priestess of Apollo who said, no man is wiser than Socrates.

And it was outside the temple of Apollo that it says, which is this statement maxim that became a kind of theme for the Socratic method in a way. It was pursuing self-knowledge. but they he was in a habit of the Plato tells us he used to regularly just freeze and meditate going to a trance what's the can you dig into the know thyself

And it was outside the temple of Apollo that it says, which is this statement maxim that became a kind of theme for the Socratic method in a way. It was pursuing self-knowledge. but they he was in a habit of the Plato tells us he used to regularly just freeze and meditate going to a trance what's the can you dig into the know thyself

And it was outside the temple of Apollo that it says, which is this statement maxim that became a kind of theme for the Socratic method in a way. It was pursuing self-knowledge. but they he was in a habit of the Plato tells us he used to regularly just freeze and meditate going to a trance what's the can you dig into the know thyself

yeah i mean it comes up again and again in different dialogues i'll tell you something really cool about it there's a dialogue that i think is authentically attributed to plato but other some scholars have questioned it doesn't matter in a way somebody wrote it like thousands of years ago so there's a dialogue called the first alcibiades that's about socrates having a dialogue with this great statesman i mean i'm

yeah i mean it comes up again and again in different dialogues i'll tell you something really cool about it there's a dialogue that i think is authentically attributed to plato but other some scholars have questioned it doesn't matter in a way somebody wrote it like thousands of years ago so there's a dialogue called the first alcibiades that's about socrates having a dialogue with this great statesman i mean i'm

yeah i mean it comes up again and again in different dialogues i'll tell you something really cool about it there's a dialogue that i think is authentically attributed to plato but other some scholars have questioned it doesn't matter in a way somebody wrote it like thousands of years ago so there's a dialogue called the first alcibiades that's about socrates having a dialogue with this great statesman i mean i'm

Someone said recently on Twitter they should make a movie about Alcibiades. He has one of the most dramatic and colorful and exciting, you know, lives. And he was Socrates' companion. Socrates saved his life in battle. You know, I mean, honestly, his life is so cinematic. It's like this huge epic adventure story.

Someone said recently on Twitter they should make a movie about Alcibiades. He has one of the most dramatic and colorful and exciting, you know, lives. And he was Socrates' companion. Socrates saved his life in battle. You know, I mean, honestly, his life is so cinematic. It's like this huge epic adventure story.

Someone said recently on Twitter they should make a movie about Alcibiades. He has one of the most dramatic and colorful and exciting, you know, lives. And he was Socrates' companion. Socrates saved his life in battle. You know, I mean, honestly, his life is so cinematic. It's like this huge epic adventure story.

Now, in this dialogue, Socrates questions whether Alcibiades is competent to become a political leader, a statesman. He proves to him by questioning that he doesn't really understand anything about the nature of justice, but he should. And then this leads into a conversation about, and Socrates says to Alcibiades, you know, what do you think it means?

Now, in this dialogue, Socrates questions whether Alcibiades is competent to become a political leader, a statesman. He proves to him by questioning that he doesn't really understand anything about the nature of justice, but he should. And then this leads into a conversation about, and Socrates says to Alcibiades, you know, what do you think it means?

Now, in this dialogue, Socrates questions whether Alcibiades is competent to become a political leader, a statesman. He proves to him by questioning that he doesn't really understand anything about the nature of justice, but he should. And then this leads into a conversation about, and Socrates says to Alcibiades, you know, what do you think it means?