The Delphic Tholos
I know that I know nothing – 5 interpretations
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A good friend of Socrates, once asked the Oracle at Delphi “is anyone wiser than Socrates?”
The Oracle answered “No one.” Continue reading Socrates: “I know that I know nothing”
© Darrell Arnold Ph.D.– (Reprinted with Permission)
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Socrates is philosophy’s most famous martyr. Yet he wasn’t the first tried in the courts of Athens. The Decree of Diopeithes allowed for the persecution of “those who fail to respect (nomizein) things divine or teach theories about the heavens” (OCD). Continue reading Socrates: The Trail And Death
A marble head of Socrates in the Louvre
Socrates’ biography
Socrates was of humble roots. In Nietzsche’s eyes: He was born of the rabble. His father was a stonemason, his mother was a midwife. Continue reading Summary of Socrates’ Teachings
Summary of Plato’s Apology
The Apology is Plato’s recollection and interpretation of the Trial of Socrates (399 BCE). Continue reading The Trial of Socrates