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Interview: Dr. Laurence Cooper on Alcibiades' Speech | The New Thinkery Ep. 58

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Socrates's Misunderstanding of the Moral Virtues

Larry Grey says socrates is misunderstood as devoted to moral virtue. Argues that he may be moderate for the sake of surparnising, cultivating and building resources for his philosophic passion. Says one could describe him as military actions without recourse to courage. Lessa less easily explainable, and grist for the mill of those who do think socrates is possessed of moral virtue.

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