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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Ion – Plato
Plato’s Ion is one of his shortest works, composed early in the Platonic corpus. It deals with the issue of
Euthyphro – Plato
The Euthyphro – one of Plato’s early dialogues – is set just before the trial where Socrates is accused of
Crito – Plato
The Crito is another of Plato’s earlier, shorter dialogues set shortly after Socrates’ conviction for impiety. Awoken by Crito in
Apology – Plato
The Apology is one of Plato’s earlier works and records a fictionalised account of Socrates’ defence speech in his trial
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:
Fragments – Heraclitus
Hello all and welcome to my new series Marginalia where I do a deep dive into various texts, and sometimes
