Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 13.2. The Sophistic MovementIn the mid-fifth century BC, a new movement emerged that changed the educational situation in Greece. The men we call the sophists began…Sep 30
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 12
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 11.7. Socrates in the Political ArenaWe noted that Plato begins this dialogue with a declaration of war. The Gorgias is a dialogue very unlike any other early dialogue Plato…Sep 6Sep 6
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First Philosophers11.2 Gorgias on the Art of Public SpeakingWhen Polus starts to launch into a speech, Socrates brushes him aside. He wants a conversation, not a speech. He addresses Gorgias…Aug 26Aug 26
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 11.1 A Declaration of WarPlato’s dialogue Gorgias begins in medias res. Socrates arrives late to a public lecture given by the famous sophist Gorgias. His disciple…Aug 26Aug 26
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 13.2. The Sophistic MovementIn the mid-fifth century BC, a new movement emerged that changed the educational situation in Greece. The men we call the sophists began…Sep 30
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 12
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 11.7. Socrates in the Political ArenaWe noted that Plato begins this dialogue with a declaration of war. The Gorgias is a dialogue very unlike any other early dialogue Plato…Sep 6
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First Philosophers11.2 Gorgias on the Art of Public SpeakingWhen Polus starts to launch into a speech, Socrates brushes him aside. He wants a conversation, not a speech. He addresses Gorgias…Aug 26
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 11.1 A Declaration of WarPlato’s dialogue Gorgias begins in medias res. Socrates arrives late to a public lecture given by the famous sophist Gorgias. His disciple…Aug 26
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First Philosophers10.1 Gorgias in AthensIn the summer of 427 BC, when Socrates was 42 years old, a group of emissaries came from the Greek city-state of Leontini in Sicily to ask…Dec 12, 2022
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 10.4 Pushback: The EducatorIn the intellectual world of Athens, too, things were looking up. Since the death of Socrates in 399 BC, the Socratics had been flooding…Aug 16
Daniel W. Graham, PhDinThe First PhilosophersPlato 9.4 Who Is Socrates?It is easy to get lost in the marvel that is Socrates. Affable, idiosyncratic, self-deprecatory, incurably curious, logical to a fault…Jul 22