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34. The Quest for Character

Philosophy as a Way of Life

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You're Going to Be Good at It, Right?

Socrates was advised by the oracle through his friend Caraphon that he was the wisest right and you can trust Plato's version of that to Xenophon. Yeah. I think they actually are the same. If you look carefully at Plato's account right in the apology but Caraphon tells Socrates is that no one is wiser than Socrates not that he was wisest is all wisest of all which is constant with both versions. Right yeah so maybe that's an opportunity to kind of drill down on a couple of ideas there.Yeah. So let me let me just start with my quibbles I guess and but I think it's not I don't think

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