Socrates - the man and the myth
Socrates - the man and the myth (right-click and save the mp3 file)
Of all the names in ancient philosophy, Socrates is one to conjure with. Born in 469 BC into the golden age of the city of Athens, his impact is so profound that all the thinkers who went before are simply known as pre-Socratic.
In person Socrates was deliberately irritating, he was funny and he was rude; he didn’t like democracy very much and spent quite a lot of time in shoe shops. He claimed he was on a mission from God to educate his fellow Athenians but has left us nothing in his own hand because he refused to write anything down.
Contributors
Angie Hobbs, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Warwick University
David Sedley, Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University
Paul Millett, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge
