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34. The Quest for Character

Philosophy as a Way of Life

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Is Socrates a Liar?

Teaching is lying by different degrees. Depending on you know where how much you want to engage your students in which in which direction. In Xenophon, Socrates uses sarcasm as a way to send the message that he knows what he's talking about. And again, a classic example is the utifer. Where, where, utifer is so full of himself because he says that it is his business to know what the gods want and what is pious and what is mortal and all that sort of stuff. But then within minutes, Socrates shows that Tefra doesn't know crap about what he'stalking about. It's really so crowded sarcasm.

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