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The Trial of Socrates:
Introduction, Part 2

6,811 words

Jacques-Philippe-Joseph de Saint-Quentin, The Death of Socrates, 1762

Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of the conclusion of the introductory lecture of an eight-lecture course called The Trial of Socrates. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness and filled in the gap between the two sides of the tape.
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Published: August 3, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Cicero, ethics, Friedrich Nietzsche, Greg Johnson, irony, moral philosophy, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, Socrates | 1 Response

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The Trial of Socrates:
Introduction, Part 1

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Part 1 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of the introductory lecture of an eight-lecture course called The Trial of Socrates. The lecture was delivered on September 1, 1998. I have previously published six of the lectures, but the Introduction and the final lecture, on Plato’s Phaedo, were thought to be lost. Read more …

Published: August 2, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, eros, ethics, Greg Johnson, irony, moral philosophy, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, Socrates, Xenophon | 4 Responses

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Plato’s Crito, Part 2

Jacque-Louis David, "The Death of Socrates," detail

Jacques-Louis David, “The Death of Socrates,” detail

5,274 words

Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s Crito. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness. Read more …

Published: March 6, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Crito, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, Socrates | 1 Response

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Plato’s Crito, Part 1

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Antonio Canova, "Crito Closes the Eyes of Socrates," detail

Antonio Canova, “Crito Closes the Eyes of Socrates,” detail

Part 1 of 2

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The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s Crito. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness. I have also added a few lines. Read more …

Published: February 26, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Crito, Greg Johnson, humanism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, Socrates | Leave a comment

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Plato’s Apology, Part 2

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Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s Apology of Socrates. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness. I have also added a few lines and repositioned some paragraphs. Read more …

Published: February 11, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Apology, Aristophanes, articles, Clouds, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, rhetoric, Socrates | 1 Response

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Plato’s Apology, Part 1

7,093 words

Part 1 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s Apology of Socrates. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness. I have also added a few paragraphs and points based on my notes. Read more …

Published: January 29, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, Clouds, Greg Johnson, irony, Jacques Derrida, magnanimity, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, religion, rhetoric, Socrates | 2 Responses

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Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 2

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Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness.

The quotes are from Plato and Aristophanes, Four Texts on Socrates, Read more …

Published: January 23, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles originals, Clouds, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, language, North American New Right, philosophy, piety, Plato, Socrates | 1 Response

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Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 1

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Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro. Read more …

Published: January 21, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles originals, Clouds, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, language, North American New Right, philosophy, piety, Plato, Socrates | Leave a comment

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The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Theages

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Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Theages. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness.

Unlike earlier transcripts in this series, I have also added new sections and rewitten others. Read more …

Published: January 14, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, eros, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, Socrates | Leave a comment

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The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 3

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Part 3 of 3

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The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a discussion of Aristophanes’ Clouds, which took place prior to a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Theages. Read more …

Published: December 18, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, Clouds, comedy, drama, education, Greg Johnson, morality, originals, philosophy, presocratics, religion, Socrates, sophists | 1 Response

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The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

7,204 words

Part 2 of 3

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of part of my lecture on Aristophanes’ Clouds. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness and any factual errors. Read more …

Published: December 17, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, presocratics, Socrates, sophists | Leave a comment

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The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Socrates: a good 5 cent cigar

Socrates: among other things, a good 5 cent cigar

6,365 words

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of the second part of my lecture on Aristophanes’ Clouds. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness and any factual errors. The quotes come from the translation of the Clouds in Four Texts on Socrates.

Published: June 6, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, presocratics, Socrates, sophists | Leave a comment

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The Trial of Socrates:
Antiphon the Sophist

A third century AD papyrus attributed to the first book of On Truth (P.Oxy. XI 1364 fr. 1, cols. v-vii)

Papyrus fragment of Antiphon’s “On Truth,” 3rd century A.D.

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Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of the prefatory remarks on Antiphon the Sophist from the first part of my lecture on Aristophanes’ Clouds. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness. The quotes come from the first edition of A Presocratics Reader, ed. Patricia Curd.

Antiphon the Sophist was a younger contemporary of Socrates. He was the author of the treatise On Truth, only fragments of which survive. Read more …

Published: May 16, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, presocratics, Socrates, the Sophists | Leave a comment

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 48
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Crito, Part 2 of 2

Jacque-Louis David, "The Death of Socrates," detail

Jacques-Louis David, “The Death of Socrates,” detail

35:07 / 428 words

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Published: May 1, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Counter-Currents Radio, Crito, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

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The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

Lucca Signorelli, “Empedocles,” Orvieto Cathedral, 1502

Luca Signorelli, “Empedocles,” Orvieto Cathedral, 1502

6,530 words

Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on the presocratic background of Aristophanes’ Clouds. Read more …

Published: April 25, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, atheism, Counter-Currents Radio, Diogenes, Greg Johnson, myth, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, presocratics, religion, science, Socrates, sophists | Comments closed

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 47
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Crito, Part 1 of 2

Canova, "The Death of Socrates," detail: Crito closing the eyes of Socrates

Canova, “The Death of Socrates,” detail: Crito closing the eyes of Socrates

46:06 / 400 words

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Published: April 24, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Counter-Currents Radio, Crito, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 45
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Apology, Part 2 of 2

41:40 / 417 words

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This is the second of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Apology of Socrates to the Jury, which I interpret in the light of Plato’s Euthyphro and Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: April 18, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Apology, Aristophanes, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

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The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Thales, Union Station, Washington, D.C.

Thales, Union Station, Washington, D.C.

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Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on the presocratic background of Aristophanes’ Clouds. I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness, and I have added section headings and transitions. I found it sobering to read this transcript, for I discovered just how widely the written and spoken word vary, and how flabby my lectures are compared to my writings.

Published: April 16, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, atheism, Greg Johnson, myth, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, presocratics, religion, science, Socrates | Comments closed

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 43
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Apology, Part 1 of 2

Plato, 1st century marble bust, Capitoline Museum, Rome

Plato, 1st century marble bust, Capitoline Museum, Rome

45:05 / 399 words

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This is the first of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Apology of Socrates to the Jury, which I interpret in the light of Plato’s Euthyphro and Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: April 10, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Apology, Aristophanes, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 41
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 2 of 2

46:12 / 416 words

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This is the second of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Euthyphro, which deals with the nature of piety. As with the Theages, I interpret the Euthyphro as in part a reply to Aristophanes’ Clouds. Read more …

Published: April 3, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Counter-Currents Radio, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, piety, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Leave a comment

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 39
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 1 of 2

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The veneration of Zeus Meilichios, relief, Berlin

46:58 / 415 words

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This is the first of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Euthyphro, which deals with the nature of piety. As with the Theages, I interpret the Euthyphro as in part a reply to Aristophanes’ Clouds. Read more …

Published: March 27, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Counter-Currents Radio, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, piety, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | 1 Response

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 36
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Theages

54:34 / 342 words

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Published: March 6, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Clouds, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Leave a comment

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 35
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 3

Aristophanes

Aristophanes

36:31 / 374 words

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This is the third of three podcasts on Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: February 27, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists | 1 Response

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 34
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

45:43 / 463 words

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This is the second of three podcasts on Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: February 20, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists | 5 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 33
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Seated Socrates, fresco from ancient Ephesus

Seated Socrates, fresco from ancient Ephesus

54:53 / 472 words

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This is the first of three podcasts on Aristophanes’ Clouds. This lecture opens with a discussion of the Sophist Antiphon.

Published: February 13, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists | 3 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast Podcast No. 31
The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

48:29 / 435 words

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Topics discussed in this second and final installment on the philosophical background of Aristophanes’ Clouds: Read more …

Published: February 6, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, atheism, Counter-Currents Radio, Diogenes, Greg Johnson, myth, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, presocratics, religion, science, Socrates, sophists | 2 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 30
The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

48:45 / 408 words

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In September and October of 1998, I gave a course of eight, two-hour lectures on “The Trial of Socrates.” Read more …

Published: January 30, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, atheism, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, myth, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, presocratic philosophy, religion, science, Socrates | 4 Responses

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