An introduction to Foolish Musings
I have been making videos and posts for a year and a half now. Here is a quick intro to
I have been making videos and posts for a year and a half now. Here is a quick intro to
In the Lysis, Plato depicts a dialogue between Socrates and the youth Lysis concerning the issues of love, desire, and
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wsgxk-f8e24e Hello all! In our 31st episode we discuss dissent, loyalty and the margins of society.
Plato’s Ion is one of his shortest works, composed early in the Platonic corpus. It deals with the issue of
The Euthyphro – one of Plato’s early dialogues – is set just before the trial where Socrates is accused of
The Crito is another of Plato’s earlier, shorter dialogues set shortly after Socrates’ conviction for impiety. Awoken by Crito in
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jnjyc-f5bb8b Hello all! In our 30th episode, we discuss climate change and the issues facing adapting to and mitigating the
The Apology is one of Plato’s earlier works and records a fictionalised account of Socrates’ defence speech in his trial
Composed as a gift to the boy Emperor Wu of the early (Western) Han Dynasty, the Huainanzi is a complex
In this episode, I discuss the fragmentary writings of Parmenides, one of Greece’s earliest metaphysicians. Sources: Fragments: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fragments_of_Parmenides SEP article: