HoP 025 - Soul and The City - Plato's Po...

Should we gamble on belief in God to have a chance at infinite reward? 

Blaise Pascal was a pioneering scientist and deeply spiritual religious thinker; what united these two sides of his thought? 

Why did Sébastian Basso and Pierre Gassendi think ancient atomism was the key to developing a new, modern science? 

Is it always better to be just than unjust? That is the central question of Plato's Republic, discussed here by Melvyn Bragg and guests. Writing in c380BC, Plato applied this question both to the individual and the city-state, considering earlier and current forms of government i ... Show More

Bienvenue dans notre quatrième shot de philo. En moins de 5 minutes, nous allons te donner les clés d'une notion essentielle au programme : la justice. Est-ce que le droit existe indépendemment de la justice ?   →  Si le droit peut être conçu à partir d'un idéal de Justice (le dr ... Show More

<p>Platón fue un filósofo griego antiguo nacido en Atenas durante el período clásico, fundó la Academia, una escuela filosófica donde enseñó las doctrinas filosóficas que más tarde se conocerían como platonismo.</p> <p>Junto con su maestro, Sócrates, y su alumno Aristóteles, Plat ... Show More

In this episode, I recount Socrates and Thrasymachus' debate on Justice from Plato's The Republic. If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion TikTok: @theoryp ... Show More

A standard way of proceeding in political philosophy is to start with some form of conceptual inquiry: we first try to figure out what justice, equality, and freedom are and only then we may eventually begin thinking about how these goods might be pursued and achieved. On this ap ... Show More

In this week's episode, we learn about Plato's "Symposium", which you might think of as philosophy's version of fan fiction. We also learn about Plato's "Theory of Forms" and ask ourselves what makes a tree, well, a tree. This leads to discussion of Plato's famous "Allegory of th ... Show More

Llegado a Atenas como un desterrado, Diógenes se adhirió a la secta filosófica de los cínicos, una escuela fundada por un discípulo de Sócrates. Sin embargo, una vez instalado en la gran polis griega, ridiculizó las ideas de Platón y se rebeló contra todos los valores de una soci ... Show More

Critias by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy Plato's Critias is an unfinished philosophical dialogue that continues the conversation begun in Timaeus, moving from cosmic origins to a provocative story about politics, virtue, and the rise and fall of civilizations. Set on the day ... Show More

Gorgias by Plato audiobook. Genre: philosophy In Plato's Gorgias, a late-night conversation in Athens turns into a fierce trial of what it means to live well. Socrates meets the celebrated rhetorician Gorgias and his ambitious students, Polus and Callicles, and presses a deceptiv ... Show More