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Socrates (2): The Trial and Death

History of Philosophy, Moral theory, Philosophy, Politics

September 25, 2018/by Darrell Arnold

The Death of Socrates (Jacque-Louis David, 1787) RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Socrates is philosophy's most famous martyr. Yet he wasn't the first tried in the...

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Socrates (1)

History of Philosophy, Moral theory, Philosophy, Politics

September 21, 2018/by Darrell Arnold

Portrait of Socrates. Marble, Roman artwork (1st century), perhaps a copy of a lost bronze statue made by Lysippos RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Cicero said...

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The Sophists: An Overview

Courses, History of Philosophy, Philosophy

September 19, 2018/by Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS The predominant view of the sophists comes to us from Plato's dialogues, many of which are named after the most famous...

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Presocratics

Heraclitus, History of Philosophy, Philosophy

September 18, 2018/by Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS The earliest Greek philosophers are typically known as “Presocratic” philosophers. Yet this designation as "Presocratic" first was explicitly used in...

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Laozi

Eastern Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Politics

September 11, 2018/by Darrell Arnold

Laozi sculpture (Taishan, China) RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Along with Confucius, Laozi is one of the two main thinkers of importance in the history of...

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