Plato's 'The Apology'

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RE-READINGS - The World’s Biggest Reading Group

Hank Lin

4 episodes

9 months ago

Many of us learn about famous literature in our high school classes and textbooks – Shakespeare’s "Macbeth," Plato’s "Apology of Socrates," Bible’s Genesis, Sophocles’ "Oedipus Rex," Homer’s "Odyssey"... But is it so simple to know what these texts mean? In each episode of Re-Readings, high school senior Hank Lin hosts conversations with three leading Academic scholars about how they make sense of our most talked-about texts. Afterwards, the Podcast community are able to join the conversation, voting about which methods they find most inspiring.

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Plato's 'The Apology'

RE-READINGS - The World’s Biggest Reading Group

56 minutes 31 seconds

6 years ago

Plato's 'The Apology'

This week we are excited to welcome three experts to discuss their views on Plato’s Apology. Professor of Political Philosophy Steven Smith at Yale University joins us to describe the political importance of the dramatic moment of the trial of Socrates. Next, Katja Vogt, Professor of Philosophy at Columbia, talks about her understanding of Socrates’ famous quote: “I know that I know nothing.” Finally, Alexander Nehamas, Professor of Philosophy at Princeton, discusses what true Socratic irony and dialectic are. Listeners will be able to discuss these views on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, or on rereadingspodcast.com.

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