Socrates and Love

In this episode, I speak about Socrates with Armand D'Angour, professor of classics at Oxford University. He is the translator of How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking (2021) and the author of Socrates in Love: The Making of a Philosopher (2020), among other works.

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Highlights

* Why should we care about Socrates today?

* How reliable are our sources regarding Socrates?

* What was Socrates like as a young man?

* How do you imagine his relationship with Pericles and Aspasia?

* Why did Socrates love Alcibiades so much? 

* Did Socrates have a mental illness?

* Why was Socrates executed?

Links

* Armand D’Angour’s website

* Socrates in Love: The Making of a Philosopher

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