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Ep. 42 Who Was Socrates?

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Socrates' Followers and How We Know About Them

Socrates never wrote anything down, so we know about him from his followers and other members of the Athenian public. There's three primary sources that deal directly with Socrates in his own time: Plato, Xenophon and Aristophanes. We're going to primarily focus on Plato because that's where more of the philosophically rich dialogues occur.

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