An original audiobook of the Socratic dialogue, Euthydemus, by the legendary Greek Philosopher Plato. BOOKMARKS:
0:00:12 Socrates' friend Crito arrives and asks about a discussion Socrates had yesterday at the Lyceum with some strangers. Apparently the young Cleinias was also there.
0:01:18 Socrates tells Crito about the brothers Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, who are sophists who have discovered a technique for winning any argument, regardless of whether the point they are making is true or false.
0:03:48 Socrates is thinking of becoming their student. Crito suggests he might be a bit too old...
0:06:00 Crito agrees to go along with Socrates to listen to the brothers, but asks what they are going to learn... Socrates assures him that it will be easy to explain...
Based on the translation by Benjamin Jowett (which is in the public domain).
In Euthydemus, Socrates takes on a pair of Sophists, the brothers Euthedemus and Dionysodorus, who are visting Athens. They claim to be able to both prove and disprove any statement, using their own distinctive brand of 'logic' - a claim which Socrates and his friends decide to investigate, with results both comic and serious.
Socrates then recounts the story to his good friend, Crito, and concludes with an additional comment that serves as a critique of Aristotle's golden mean.
Link to the podcast version: anchor.fm/fara...
Link to the text on Gutenberg: www.gutenberg....
2 окт 2024