Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Alan Saunders: Hello and welcome to The Philosopher's Zone, a weekly look at the world of philosophy. I ...

Socrates sides with the view that the Good is a separate standard to which the Gods adhere to without realising his mistakes. Socrates then advances a definition of his own and states that all pious ...

In response to Socrates’ rejection, Euthyphro gives a second definition, and states that piety or holiness is that which the Gods approve of. Socrates is pleased with the general form of the ...

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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Hello and welcome to The Philosopher's Zone, a weekly look at the world of philosophy and at what ...

When we talk about education, and about tutoring in particular, we often speak of the Socratic method. Often what we mean when we refer to that method is simply something like a question-and-answer ...

The most important part of knowledge, in Socrates' view? Knowing how much you don't know. Yoeml/iStock via Getty Images Plus But each dilemma usually comes down to polarized deadlock between two ...

How ironic. Last time I wrote about Springfield as an oasis of civility and diversity; this time I must write that we are also a hotbed of hate. On April 7, 2015 — election day — in a flagrant display ...