Socrates' Method for Testing Philosophy

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Socrates was a radical figure because in ancient Athens philosophers like the sophists mainly taught wealthy young Athenian males aristocrats. He did philosophy with rich people poor people Athenians but also many foreigners with free men and slaves with prostitutes. One of his most famous students was a guy who had been sex trafficked and was enslaved and made to work in a brothel in Athens. The Pythagorean's had female students but philosophers in general didn't do philosophy with women.

In this episode, I chat with J.W. Bertolotti host of the In Search of Wisdom podcast, and founder of the Perennial Leader Project. Josh was one of the speakers at our Stoicon-x Military event a few years ago. We’re both very active on Substack now, Josh at Perennial Meditations so I thought it would be a great opportunity to reconnect and chat about philosophy as a guide to life.

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* How Joshua got into philosophy

* His journey as a podcaster speaking to people about the nature of wisdom

* Stoicism and other philosophies

* Desire and attachment in philosophy

* Conceit, and skepticism as a way of life

* How the Delphic maxims can teach us about philosophy

Links

* Perennial Meditations Newsletter on Substack

* In Search of Wisdom Podcast @in sear on Substack and on Spotify

* Perennial Meditations Podcast

* @JWBertolotti on Twitter