Greek Philosophy 7.1: Socrates' Life and Methods

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Published 2020-10-22
Who was Socrates of Athens? An introduction to his life and methods.
00:00 Introduction
02:07 Prelude: Values, Actions, and Education
08:13 The Life of Socrates: Overview
10:13 Socrates at Home: Parents, Trade, and Deme (470-450)
12:30 Transformation: The Oracle at Delphi (before 431, or perhaps 426)
17:00 Mandatory Military Service (c. 430-420)
18:30 Association with Alcibiades (c. 430-420)
22:14 Family: Xanthippe and Socrates' Sons
24:40 Comic Poets take notice (423-417)
27:15 Assembly Presidency by lot (406)
29:20 Resistance to the Thirty Tyrants (404)
31:15 Socrates' Trial and Execution (399)
35:46 The Socratic Problem
40:07 Socrates' Methods of Dialogue: Neither Traditional Poet nor Sophist
43:40 Know Thyself: Inspiration from the Oracle at Delphi
47:50 Examining Values: The stories we tell
51:04 Search for Consistency: Beliefs and actions
52:20 Changes of Style: Examination, Encouragement, Midwifery
56:35 Never Stop Seeking (philosophein)
57:45 Examples of Books on Socrates
58:55 Conclusions
All Comments (9)
  • @chuckbeattyo
    Incredibly articulate and concise lecturer. Am so appreciative just to listen to this man's lucidity.
  • @PAMIR2001
    I have always wondered why Socrates is more widely known than other philosophers. Thank you for answering my question. Socrates is such an inspiring character.
  • @brunhildewagner1198
    Your lectures are brilliant - so thoughtful, structured and well presented. I am curious if you would be interested in presenting Roman stoics as well (Seneca as an example) and the philosophy of the stoics in general.
  • @ciaoitalo
    Thanks for the video. I'm in a college philosophy course and this video helps a lot with giving background to all of this stuff
  • @deneme56
    Thank you very much for this excellent video on Socrates. Scientific materialists followers of Karl Popper, for example, argue that with Socrates mysticism and religion were introduced in Greek mentality and Socrate's and his pupil Plato's philosophy had serious negative effects on the Greek way of thinking. They argue that Pythagoras, Socrates, and Plato are mystics and they created a religion based on mathematics and reason. What do you think about it? Maybe, you can make a video about it. I am also very interested in the Egyptian influence over Pythagoras and Plato. I think they were initiated in Egyptian mysteries; and learned the importance of mathematics and geometry from Egyptian priests.