"Euthydemus" by Plato is a philosophical conversation from ancient Greece. It’s like watching a debate where two teachers, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, use tricky wordplay to try and confuse people, especially a young student named Cleinias. Socrates is there, trying to figure out if these teachers are actually wise or just really good at fooling people with their words. The whole thing is kind of funny, but it also makes you think about what it really means to know something and how to tell the difference between real knowledge and clever nonsense and tries to find a real vision of virtue and wisdom.
Euthydemus
By Plato
Watch as a wise thinker untangles ridiculous arguments from two tricky teachers, all while trying to help a student understand what's real and what's just wordplay.
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About the AuthorPlato, born Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato, born Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
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