Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 8.6.2 What Is the Role of Justice in a Technological World?The sophists could pride themselves on offering knowledge to a relatively large audience — not free of charge, to be sure, but to anyone…2d ago2d ago
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 8.6.1 Sophistic EducationAfter Socrates’ eventful day in the world of the sophists we can make some observations. The sophists are self-assertive and…Jun 27Jun 27
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 8.5 The Road Not TakenAs the conversation winds down, Protagoras refuses to answer any more questions. He recognizes that Socrates has won the day. But Socrates…Jun 24Jun 24
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 8.4 What Is Courage?One way of distinguishing between courage and other virtues is to note that the possessor of the virtue must overcome fear. Those who have…Jun 19Jun 19
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 8.3 Is Virtue Teachable?When the preliminaries are over, Socrates raises a fundamental question: can virtue be taught? Socrates has his doubts. In areas of…Jun 17Jun 17
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First Philosophers8.2 The Sophist’s Pitch“Young man,” Protagoras says to his prospective student Hippocrates, “if you come to me, your gain will be this. On the same day you join…Jun 14Jun 14
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 8.1 Socrates among the SophistsIn Socrates’ lifetime the big new thing intellectually was the Sophistic Movement. The sophists were self-proclaimed experts who offered to…Jun 12Jun 12
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 7.5 Plato’s Socrates at LargeSocrates’ life is an enigma; the views that he on occasion advances as his own are paradoxical. His method, if he has one, seems totally…Jun 10Jun 10
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 7.4 The MagnetSo what made Socrates so special? We can identify a few salient traits from Plato’s Socratic dialogues.Jun 7Jun 7
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 7.3 The EnigmaWe see here many of the traits of a Socratic dialogue: Socrates, professing to have no special knowledge, seeks it from a companion, often…Jun 5Jun 5