Episode Player
Discussing "Apology" By Plato
Canonball
Chapters
0:00
Context
2:56
How Socrates Came To Do What He Did
4:32
Knowing Your Ignorance
5:38
Socrates' Position In The History Of Science
7:17
Lounging On One's Laurels
8:29
Art, Art Criticism, And The (In)transferability Of Knowledge
13:06
Reputational And Self-Esteem Overflow
17:39
Socrates' Service To God
19:10
The Availability Of Books In Ancient Athens
24:05
Slander Destroying Good Men
24:56
On Risking Death
26:46
Socrates Will Never Stop
29:01
A Stoic Connection To Socrates
30:40
Justice, Poverty, And Political Clubs And Factions
31:37
The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living
Canonball
Discussing "Apology" By Plato
Dec 14, 2024
Season 2
Episode 71
Alex
In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Apology," which is one of the dialogues of Plato, who lived in the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
The cover art for this episode is Plato as depicted in a portion of the oil painting The Death of Socrates, which French painter Jacques-Louis David completed in 1787.
Get a copy of my edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at my website:
VollrathPublishing.com