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Plato's Symposium: Agathon and Socrates - Ep. 8
Season 10
Episode 8
Published 1 year, 3 months ago
Description
The final set-up for Socrates’ speech establishes both the importance of one who knows above generally accepted wisdom as well as the complete dismissal of the mythological concepts as presented so far. Plato has Socrates present a stunning refutation of the whole idea that what everyone has said so far can actually be true as a way of beginning his presentation of THE TRUTH.
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