Socrates

Thinker · 2 readings

We meet Socrates through Plato’s portrayal of his questioning and his care for the soul. That portrayal is literary argument, not a verified transcript of his life.

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Guided course · Module 14 · Lesson 88
A map you can keep revising
The garden dispute from lesson 1 returns, now examined through Socratic questioning and public reason. The course ends by building a source-grounded comparison that records disagreement and stays open to revision.
Guided course · Module 5 · Lesson 20
An examined life in the city
Plato’s Socrates questions Euthyphro’s confident account of piety. How can exposing inconsistent beliefs matter when the definition, and the portrait of the historical Socrates, remain unsettled?

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A map you can keep revising

An examined life in the city