One way of distinguishing between courage and other virtues is to note that the possessor of the virtue must…
Socrates’ disciples were young, gifted, intelligent, and some of them at least were well-connected. They…
At some point perhaps soon after Socrates’ death and after the retreat to Megara, Plato…
So what made Socrates so special? We can identify a few salient traits from Plato’s Socratic dialogues.
We see here many of the traits of a Socratic dialogue: Socrates, professing to have no special knowledge, seeks it from a…
If piety is what all the gods love and impiety is what all the gods hate, we have removed the…
How could Socratic schools arise? In some ways it was perhaps inevitable, given the enigmatic character and…
“Young man,” Protagoras says to his prospective student Hippocrates, “if you come to me, your gain will be this. On…
What happened after the death of Socrates? Diogenes Laertius, writing in the third century AD gives…