Professor Edith Hall

He has no interest or she. has no interest whatsoever in human life, you are at your dashboard. You've got to sort it out. Humans have got to sort it out. You can't look to the beyond for any moral answers.

He has no interest or she. has no interest whatsoever in human life, you are at your dashboard. You've got to sort it out. Humans have got to sort it out. You can't look to the beyond for any moral answers.

I think he was a bit of a flirt, actually. Interesting. He constantly cites the example of what to do if you really, really fancy your neighbour's wife. Hang on a minute. You said adultery was a bad thing.

I think he was a bit of a flirt, actually. Interesting. He constantly cites the example of what to do if you really, really fancy your neighbour's wife. Hang on a minute. You said adultery was a bad thing.

He says what to do. He gives you the example of Helen of Troy. He says, be like the old men in the Iliad who said when they saw her, God, she's beautiful, but sent her back because she's caused the war.

He says what to do. He gives you the example of Helen of Troy. He says, be like the old men in the Iliad who said when they saw her, God, she's beautiful, but sent her back because she's caused the war.

He says, do with your lady you're infatuated with, or man you're infatuated with, do the Helen. You say, yes, you're gorgeous. I'll bugger off.

He says, do with your lady you're infatuated with, or man you're infatuated with, do the Helen. You say, yes, you're gorgeous. I'll bugger off.

We do not have a deliberative capacity. We can't think things through. We're all emotion. Therefore, we cannot have full citizenship. Right. He's ancient Greek, so he is a slave owner. He came out with the big justification of slavery that I'm afraid was wheeled out ever from the 15th century to the American Civil War. He was responsible for that.

We do not have a deliberative capacity. We can't think things through. We're all emotion. Therefore, we cannot have full citizenship. Right. He's ancient Greek, so he is a slave owner. He came out with the big justification of slavery that I'm afraid was wheeled out ever from the 15th century to the American Civil War. He was responsible for that.

I think the slavery thing is the thing we really struggle with. It's a very big one, yeah.

I think the slavery thing is the thing we really struggle with. It's a very big one, yeah.

But he does even, I mean, I'm not trying to defend him on this, but he does even say there is a really big problem because quite a lot of slaves do appear to be actually as good and big and clever as we are. His empirical good sense, he does actually admit that. And he also, in his will, had all his own slaves freed so they wouldn't be sold on. Okay.

But he does even, I mean, I'm not trying to defend him on this, but he does even say there is a really big problem because quite a lot of slaves do appear to be actually as good and big and clever as we are. His empirical good sense, he does actually admit that. And he also, in his will, had all his own slaves freed so they wouldn't be sold on. Okay.

Yes. Why? Okay, so that's to do with Macedonian high politics. This is after Alexander dies and there's lots of jockeying for power and influence and the Athenians don't want to be taken over by the Macedonians because he's got Macedonian connections.

Yes. Why? Okay, so that's to do with Macedonian high politics. This is after Alexander dies and there's lots of jockeying for power and influence and the Athenians don't want to be taken over by the Macedonians because he's got Macedonian connections.

They accuse him of doing the same sort of things they did Socrates, which is subverting the youth, bringing in, you know, it's what he did to philosophers he didn't like. He said, I'm not going to give you the satisfaction of doing a suicide thing like Socrates. I'm going to take the option of exile.

They accuse him of doing the same sort of things they did Socrates, which is subverting the youth, bringing in, you know, it's what he did to philosophers he didn't like. He said, I'm not going to give you the satisfaction of doing a suicide thing like Socrates. I'm going to take the option of exile.

And he goes off to the island of Euboea, which was not under Athenian jurisdiction, but where his mother came from and he had a house, takes his... Girlfriend, her Pyllis, and apparently his children. And seems to write about his very detailed will and dies, apparently, of stomach cancer about a year later.

And he goes off to the island of Euboea, which was not under Athenian jurisdiction, but where his mother came from and he had a house, takes his... Girlfriend, her Pyllis, and apparently his children. And seems to write about his very detailed will and dies, apparently, of stomach cancer about a year later.