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The Trial And Death Of Socrates (Plato) - Book Review

Mere Mortals Conversations
Mere Mortals Conversations
Episode • Aug 27, 2020 • 18m
Are you willing to put it all on the line and to die for your beliefs? In 'The Trial And Death Of Socrates' we indeed find someone who is willing to do this. This short book is composed from three of the four Socratic Dialogues (Apology/Crito/Phaedo) by the Athenian philosopher, Plato. It mostly takes the form of monologues by Socrates with some short back and forth with his friends. It tells of his trial, reasons for not fleeing, musings on death & the soul before his final suicide by poison.
Kyrin of the Mere Mortals crew had...