Donald Robertson

is that socrates found that the sophists would give speeches and they would teach people maxims a bit like watching a youtube video or getting kind of rules for life from from modern self-improvement experts right and socrates thought that was basically too passive and He thought there are no rules that are going to apply across every situation in life, basically.

is that socrates found that the sophists would give speeches and they would teach people maxims a bit like watching a youtube video or getting kind of rules for life from from modern self-improvement experts right and socrates thought that was basically too passive and He thought there are no rules that are going to apply across every situation in life, basically.

is that socrates found that the sophists would give speeches and they would teach people maxims a bit like watching a youtube video or getting kind of rules for life from from modern self-improvement experts right and socrates thought that was basically too passive and He thought there are no rules that are going to apply across every situation in life, basically.

What's much more in your interests is learning how to think for yourself and to be able to question things and spot exceptions to general rules and principles. So that's a harder, it's a more kind of a less tangible concept for people. But so that's where the Socratic method comes in.

What's much more in your interests is learning how to think for yourself and to be able to question things and spot exceptions to general rules and principles. So that's a harder, it's a more kind of a less tangible concept for people. But so that's where the Socratic method comes in.

What's much more in your interests is learning how to think for yourself and to be able to question things and spot exceptions to general rules and principles. So that's a harder, it's a more kind of a less tangible concept for people. But so that's where the Socratic method comes in.

Socrates thought we need to learn how to think for ourselves, question things more deeply, not just kind of memorize these phrases that we're getting from Sophists.

Socrates thought we need to learn how to think for ourselves, question things more deeply, not just kind of memorize these phrases that we're getting from Sophists.

Socrates thought we need to learn how to think for ourselves, question things more deeply, not just kind of memorize these phrases that we're getting from Sophists.

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.