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Following Socrates’ execution in 399 BCE ... He used to say, “True virtue needs nothing. Nor does the wise man, who acts and behaves according to his judgment, need laws. Laws are for the many and the ...

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's accounts of the last days of Socrates in which he kept doing philosophy right up to the point of his execution by hemlock. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests ...

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This hour, philosopher Agnes Callard joins us to talk about her new book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ...