Donald Robertson

Oh, there are many. I mean, I told you he's like Jimi Hendrix, right? So some people might look at Jimi Hendrix and they might think, well, maybe he's not technically the best guitarist that's ever lived. But there's still something kind of really unique about him, right? There's only ever one Jimi Hendrix. There's nobody else really that kind of sounds exactly like him.

Oh, there are many. I mean, I told you he's like Jimi Hendrix, right? So some people might look at Jimi Hendrix and they might think, well, maybe he's not technically the best guitarist that's ever lived. But there's still something kind of really unique about him, right? There's only ever one Jimi Hendrix. There's nobody else really that kind of sounds exactly like him.

And so Socrates is... I mean, the odd thing is that many academic philosophers will disagree with most of what Socrates says. And they'll often think that his arguments are incomplete, that there are gaps in them, that they're not very convincing. And I think even Socrates realized this. But those dialogues weren't written necessarily to persuade people that they should agree with him.

And so Socrates is... I mean, the odd thing is that many academic philosophers will disagree with most of what Socrates says. And they'll often think that his arguments are incomplete, that there are gaps in them, that they're not very convincing. And I think even Socrates realized this. But those dialogues weren't written necessarily to persuade people that they should agree with him.

And so Socrates is... I mean, the odd thing is that many academic philosophers will disagree with most of what Socrates says. And they'll often think that his arguments are incomplete, that there are gaps in them, that they're not very convincing. And I think even Socrates realized this. But those dialogues weren't written necessarily to persuade people that they should agree with him.

They're more like teaching aids that are designed like an assault course for the mind. So they're meant to train us to be able to think through puzzles from different perspectives, right? That's why I said, you know, what we learn from Socrates more is the method. And he kind of implies certain really interesting conclusions. but they're often very radical conclusions.

They're more like teaching aids that are designed like an assault course for the mind. So they're meant to train us to be able to think through puzzles from different perspectives, right? That's why I said, you know, what we learn from Socrates more is the method. And he kind of implies certain really interesting conclusions. but they're often very radical conclusions.

They're more like teaching aids that are designed like an assault course for the mind. So they're meant to train us to be able to think through puzzles from different perspectives, right? That's why I said, you know, what we learn from Socrates more is the method. And he kind of implies certain really interesting conclusions. but they're often very radical conclusions.

It might be worth mentioning some of them. So people usually, most philosophers disagree with them, but one of the ancient dialogues has Socrates saying, when you talk to a wise person, it's like being bitten by a small insect, like a mosquito or something, right?

It might be worth mentioning some of them. So people usually, most philosophers disagree with them, but one of the ancient dialogues has Socrates saying, when you talk to a wise person, it's like being bitten by a small insect, like a mosquito or something, right?

It might be worth mentioning some of them. So people usually, most philosophers disagree with them, but one of the ancient dialogues has Socrates saying, when you talk to a wise person, it's like being bitten by a small insect, like a mosquito or something, right?

And you might not even notice when it happens, but then hours later or the next day, you suddenly start to itch in the spot where you were bitten.

And you might not even notice when it happens, but then hours later or the next day, you suddenly start to itch in the spot where you were bitten.

And you might not even notice when it happens, but then hours later or the next day, you suddenly start to itch in the spot where you were bitten.

and so people would say that's what it's like when you talk to socrates like he'll say stuff and you think that's a stupid argument socrates doesn't it's not really convincing it doesn't make any sense and then 10 years later you're still thinking about it it's kind of bothering you right but for instance one of the other things i i wrote about in my book because again it's very interesting in relation to modern psychology socrates had this radical position that

and so people would say that's what it's like when you talk to socrates like he'll say stuff and you think that's a stupid argument socrates doesn't it's not really convincing it doesn't make any sense and then 10 years later you're still thinking about it it's kind of bothering you right but for instance one of the other things i i wrote about in my book because again it's very interesting in relation to modern psychology socrates had this radical position that

and so people would say that's what it's like when you talk to socrates like he'll say stuff and you think that's a stupid argument socrates doesn't it's not really convincing it doesn't make any sense and then 10 years later you're still thinking about it it's kind of bothering you right but for instance one of the other things i i wrote about in my book because again it's very interesting in relation to modern psychology socrates had this radical position that

that injustice harms the perpetrator more than it does the victim. And he repeats this quite a lot. So people who read that think, that's a hard view to accept. But no one ever forgets it. Anyone that reads the Platonic Dialogues decades later will think, remember Socrates kept going on about this idea that acts of injustice harm the perpetrator more than they do the victim.

that injustice harms the perpetrator more than it does the victim. And he repeats this quite a lot. So people who read that think, that's a hard view to accept. But no one ever forgets it. Anyone that reads the Platonic Dialogues decades later will think, remember Socrates kept going on about this idea that acts of injustice harm the perpetrator more than they do the victim.

that injustice harms the perpetrator more than it does the victim. And he repeats this quite a lot. So people who read that think, that's a hard view to accept. But no one ever forgets it. Anyone that reads the Platonic Dialogues decades later will think, remember Socrates kept going on about this idea that acts of injustice harm the perpetrator more than they do the victim.