This series has fourteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Striking Variety of His Ambition, His Faculties, and His
Socrates Drinks the Hemlock
Today's installment concludes The Last Days of Socrates,our selection from Phaedo by Plato published in his middle/transitional period. For works
Christmas in Sweden
Time: Christmas Eve, 1700Place: ScandinaviaWhat was it like to live in Sweden 300 years ago? During the summer the average temperature was in
Socrates on Being Buried
"We will endeavor then so to do," he said; "but how shall we bury you?"Continuing The Last Days of Socrates,our selection from Phaedo by Plato
Socrates on the Afterlife
"These things being thus constituted, when the dead arrive at the place to which their demon leads them severally, first of all they are
Socrates on the Earth
“This earth and the whole region here are decayed and corroded, as things in the sea by the saltness.”Continuing The Last Days of Socrates,our
Socrates on the Purpose of the Philosopher
"Does not, then," he continued, "the whole employment of such a man appear to you to be, not about the body, but to separate himself from it as much
Socrates on His Innocence
"You speak justly," said Socrates, "for I think you mean that I ought to make my defense to this charge, as if I were in a court of
Socrates on Suicide
"Why, then, Socrates, do they say that it is not allowable to kill one's self?”Continuing The Last Days of Socrates,our selection from Phaedo by