Donald Robertson

Maybe for decades he'd been studying natural philosophy and learning a bit from other philosophers, but his trademark method developed at some point in his life as a result of this weird incident where the Oracle proclaims that no man is wiser than him.

Maybe for decades he'd been studying natural philosophy and learning a bit from other philosophers, but his trademark method developed at some point in his life as a result of this weird incident where the Oracle proclaims that no man is wiser than him.

That's really hard to say. I mean, I always feel like we almost need the sophists to have Socrates. You know, he's very much reacting to them. I mean, maybe he would have developed his method in response to the other, the natural philosophers, but it really seems to be the sophists that inspire him in a way because he's so concerned.

That's really hard to say. I mean, I always feel like we almost need the sophists to have Socrates. You know, he's very much reacting to them. I mean, maybe he would have developed his method in response to the other, the natural philosophers, but it really seems to be the sophists that inspire him in a way because he's so concerned.

That's really hard to say. I mean, I always feel like we almost need the sophists to have Socrates. You know, he's very much reacting to them. I mean, maybe he would have developed his method in response to the other, the natural philosophers, but it really seems to be the sophists that inspire him in a way because he's so concerned.

And one reason for that is that the sophists have a lot of influence over Athenian politics. And Socrates was friends with some powerful political figures and, And so although he wasn't really directly involved in politics himself, I think he was very concerned about Athens.

And one reason for that is that the sophists have a lot of influence over Athenian politics. And Socrates was friends with some powerful political figures and, And so although he wasn't really directly involved in politics himself, I think he was very concerned about Athens.

And one reason for that is that the sophists have a lot of influence over Athenian politics. And Socrates was friends with some powerful political figures and, And so although he wasn't really directly involved in politics himself, I think he was very concerned about Athens.

And what's missing from the Platonic dialogues and from Xenophon, although they refer to historical events and they refer to important figures, I think people still, when they read Plato, get the feeling that Socrates is just walking around in pleasant groves and sandals, kind of pontificating about things, and they don't visualize him properly.

And what's missing from the Platonic dialogues and from Xenophon, although they refer to historical events and they refer to important figures, I think people still, when they read Plato, get the feeling that Socrates is just walking around in pleasant groves and sandals, kind of pontificating about things, and they don't visualize him properly.

And what's missing from the Platonic dialogues and from Xenophon, although they refer to historical events and they refer to important figures, I think people still, when they read Plato, get the feeling that Socrates is just walking around in pleasant groves and sandals, kind of pontificating about things, and they don't visualize him properly.

as a heavy infantryman who fought in at least three major battles of the Peloponnesian War. They don't imagine him as someone who survives a terrible plague. They don't see him at the heart of Athenian politics, surrounded by these key figures, like these senior statesmen.

as a heavy infantryman who fought in at least three major battles of the Peloponnesian War. They don't imagine him as someone who survives a terrible plague. They don't see him at the heart of Athenian politics, surrounded by these key figures, like these senior statesmen.

as a heavy infantryman who fought in at least three major battles of the Peloponnesian War. They don't imagine him as someone who survives a terrible plague. They don't see him at the heart of Athenian politics, surrounded by these key figures, like these senior statesmen.

And living through one of the most epic wars in European history, the Peloponnesian War lasted 27 years, you know, and under a dictatorship, the 30 tyrants that took over Athens. So his life was incredibly, you know, dramatic.

And living through one of the most epic wars in European history, the Peloponnesian War lasted 27 years, you know, and under a dictatorship, the 30 tyrants that took over Athens. So his life was incredibly, you know, dramatic.

And living through one of the most epic wars in European history, the Peloponnesian War lasted 27 years, you know, and under a dictatorship, the 30 tyrants that took over Athens. So his life was incredibly, you know, dramatic.

Basically, and his philosophy is shaped by, I think, all of these things, his experience as a soldier, living under different political regimes, including a kind of dictatorship that, you know, that was really brutal and sort of political purges where people were just rounded up and executed.

Basically, and his philosophy is shaped by, I think, all of these things, his experience as a soldier, living under different political regimes, including a kind of dictatorship that, you know, that was really brutal and sort of political purges where people were just rounded up and executed.

Basically, and his philosophy is shaped by, I think, all of these things, his experience as a soldier, living under different political regimes, including a kind of dictatorship that, you know, that was really brutal and sort of political purges where people were just rounded up and executed.