Socrates and the Problem of Politics
The second video of the History of Political Doctrines could not but involve Socrates himself. While many among you might already know much about Socrates and his philosophical activity, here I focus on his thoughts on politics. Check the video to find it out.
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Learning Objectives
What was politics all about for Socrates?
Who were Socrates’ opposers?
What can we learn from Socrates’ take on politics?
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Politics as Competence
02:59 Protagoras
04:23 Gorgias
05:56 Crito
07:33 Curiosity of the day
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References
The Sophists in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/so...
Again on sophists: https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/socialscienc...
“The Concept of Political Competence” by Matthias Brinkmann: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
“Character, Knowledge and Skills in Ancient Greek Paideia: Some Lessons for Today's Policy Makers” by George C. Bitros and Anastassios D. Karayiannis: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Virtue and happiness for Socrates: https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/socratic-....
Socrates on wisdom: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wi...
“What Rules Does Socrates Obey?”, by David Xavier Lévystone: https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3230/....
Clearly, also Plato’s “Protagoras”: https://www.bard.edu/library/arendt/p...
“Gorgias”: https://www2.southeastern.edu/Academi...
“Crito”: https://sites.pitt.edu/~mthompso/read...