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Is Joe Rogan a Modern Day Gadfly?

Socrates Gadfly
by Van Bryan, Contributing Writer, Classsical Wisdom Long time readers may recall Classical Wisdom’s former Managing Editor, Van Bryan. This week we are treated to a guest column by him – asking whether Joe Rogan is like Socrates? He makes his case below… Please bear in mind, we are a broad church here at Classical

Written on February 16, 2022 at 4:49 pm, by

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Plato’s “Apology” And The Wisdom Of Socrates

Statue of Socrates
“The Apology” recounts the speech Socrates delivers to the court of Athens that means to put him to death for his odd practices. He is charged with “corrupting the youth and believing in strange gods” a crime that was punishable by death in ancient Athens. Socrates would have had some choice words for the man

Written on September 26, 2018 at 6:19 am, by

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Plato’s Phaedo: The Spirituality of Socrates

“Crito, we ought to offer a cock to Asclepius. See to it, and don’t forget.” – the Last words of Socrates, according to Plato. Reading Socrates’ final utterance, one could be forgiven of thinking he was a practical, material man. Nothing, however, could be further from the truth. Socrates, as depicted in Plato’s Phaedo, was

Written on September 4, 2017 at 8:19 am, by

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Isocrates: The Essayist

By Ben Potter In many ways Isocrates is the forgotten man of Classical Greece. As a product of Athens’ Golden Age, he was a contemporary of Plato, Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Aristotle, et al,… just without their fame or everlasting glory. And it’s not that he didn’t deserve it. Indeed, a case can be made that

Written on April 17, 2015 at 9:43 pm, by

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