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Tag: The Trial of Socrates

  • August 3, 2018 Greg Johnson 1
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    The Trial of Socrates: 
    Introduction, Part 2

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    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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  • August 2, 2018 Greg Johnson 4
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    The Trial of Socrates: 
    Introduction, Part 1

    6,384 words

    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.  (more…)

  • March 6, 2014 Greg Johnson 1
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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.  (more…)

  • February 26, 2014 Greg Johnson
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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

    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. I have also added a few lines.  (more…)

  • February 11, 2014 Greg Johnson 1
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    Plato’s Apology, 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 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.  (more…)

  • January 29, 2014 Greg Johnson 2
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    Plato’s Apology, Part 1

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    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.  (more…)

  • January 23, 2014 Greg Johnson 1
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    Plato’s Euthyphro, 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 dialogue Euthyphro. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness.

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

  • January 21, 2014 Greg Johnson
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    Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 1

    oracle6,806 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 dialogue Euthyphro.  (more…)

  • January 14, 2014 Greg Johnson
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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. (more…)

  • December 18, 2013 Greg Johnson 1
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    The Trial of Socrates: 
    Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 3

    Socrates_in_a_basket5,079 words

    Part 3 of 3

    Author’s Note:

    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. (more…)

  • December 17, 2013 Greg Johnson
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    The Trial of Socrates: 
    Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

    Aristophanesportrait7,204 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. (more…)

  • June 6, 2013 Greg Johnson
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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.  

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  • May 16, 2013 Greg Johnson
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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.

    1,922 words

    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. (more…)

  • May 1, 2013 Greg Johnson
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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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  • April 25, 2013 Greg Johnson
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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. (more…)

  • April 24, 2013 Greg Johnson
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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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  • April 18, 2013 Greg Johnson
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    Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 45  
    The Trial of Socrates:
    Plato’s Apology, Part 2 of 2

    socrates41:40 / 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.

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  • April 16, 2013 Greg Johnson
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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.  

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  • April 10, 2013 Greg Johnson
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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.

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  • April 3, 2013 Greg Johnson
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    Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 41  
    The Trial of Socrates:
    Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 2 of 2

    Greek votive relief from a healing sanctuary, circa AD 100-200, from Mílos, British Museum46:12 / 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. (more…)

  • March 27, 2013 Greg Johnson 1
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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. (more…)

  • March 6, 2013 Greg Johnson
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    Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 36  
    The Trial of Socrates:
    Plato’s Theages

    youth54:34 / 342 words

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  • February 27, 2013 Greg Johnson 1
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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. 

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  • February 20, 2013 Greg Johnson 5
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    Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 34  
    The Trial of Socrates:
    Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

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

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  • February 13, 2013 Greg Johnson 3
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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

    [jwplayer file=”http://cdn.counter-currents.com/radio/CCR-Johnson_Trial-of-Socrates-Aristophanes-CLOUDS-1-of-3.mp3″ streamer=”rtmp://s3cxt7hxkp9tvh.cloudfront.net/cfx/st” provider=”rtmp” duration=”3293″]

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

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  • February 6, 2013 Greg Johnson 2
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    Counter-Currents Radio Podcast Podcast No. 31  
    The Trial of Socrates:
    The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

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

  • January 30, 2013 Greg Johnson 4
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    Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 30  
    The Trial of Socrates:
    The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

    statue-socrates48:45 / 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.” (more…)

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