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Ep. 4 - Socrates and the Quest for Wisdom

Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

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The Socratic Concept of Wisdom

Socrates is regarded as creating a revolution in philosophy, precisely from how he differed from the natural philosophers. He invented what has become known as the socratic method - asking questions to try and draw somebody out. A philosopher is someone who, in concert with others, is a lover of wisdom. The sophists are also people who claim to be wise. And we're going to see how this socratic notion of wisdom, knowledge, and this idea of self knowledge, is deeply bound up with how meaningful your life is.

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