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Discussing "Crito" By Plato
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Canonball
Discussing "Crito" By Plato
Dec 20, 2024
Season 2
Episode 72
Alex
In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Crito," 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.
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