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Category: Marginalia

February 1, 2021 Marginalia

Lysis – Plato

In the Lysis, Plato depicts a dialogue between Socrates and the youth Lysis concerning the issues of love, desire, and

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January 10, 2021 Marginalia

Ion – Plato

Plato’s Ion is one of his shortest works, composed early in the Platonic corpus. It deals with the issue of

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January 7, 2021 Marginalia

Euthyphro – Plato

The Euthyphro – one of Plato’s early dialogues – is set just before the trial where Socrates is accused of

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December 27, 2020 Marginalia

Crito – Plato

The Crito is another of Plato’s earlier, shorter dialogues set shortly after Socrates’ conviction for impiety. Awoken by Crito in

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December 16, 2020 Marginalia

Apology – Plato

The Apology is one of Plato’s earlier works and records a fictionalised account of Socrates’ defence speech in his trial

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December 2, 2020 Marginalia

On Nature – Parmenides

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:

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October 29, 2020 Marginalia

Fragments – Heraclitus

Hello all and welcome to my new series Marginalia where I do a deep dive into various texts, and sometimes

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