They enter into philosophical debate with Socrates, who at times is almost amazed by their brash sense of superiority. Virtue is also the topic in Protagoras, though this dialogue is largely narrated by Socrates (David Rintoul), who 'reports' the conversation which had taken place shortly before.Įuthydemus is one of the most entertaining of all the Socratic Dialogues, with the two vastly overconfident brothers Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, supposedly capable wrestlers, boxers and musicians, who have come to Athens to teach sophistry. In Meno, Socrates encounters another Gorgias pupil, Meno, and a debate on 'virtue' ensues. Often, as with Gorgias, which opens the recording, Socrates combats the popular subjects of sophistry and rhetoric, in direct conversation with Gorgias (a leading sophist teacher), and with one of his pupils, Callicles. Here, in this second collection of Socratic Dialogues from Plato's Early Period, read by David Rintoul as Socrates with a full cast, are contrasting six works. Each Dialogue is prefaced with a short introduction to set the scene for newcomers to Plato. He is joined by a broad range of readers, most known to Audible listeners. The role of Socrates is taken by David Rintoul, a widely admired and experienced audiobook reader who studied philosophy at university before taking a different path to RADA, TV, theatre and film. Among the others are discussions on Courage (Laches), and Friendship (Lysis). It is followed by Crito, in which Socrates' friend offers to spirit him out of Athens to avoid execution.

This opening volume starts with perhaps the most famous speech, The Apology, Socrates' doomed defence against the charge of heresy and corrupting the young. Ukemi Audiobooks presents all of the Socratic Dialogues in a series of recordings divided into Early Period (Volumes 1 & 2), Middle Period (Volumes 1 & 2) and Late Period (Volume 1) - based on their likely composition by Plato.

Some are genuine dialogues while some are dialogues reported by a narrator supposedly at a later date. For centuries they have been read, studied and discussed via the flat pages of books, but the ideal medium for them is the spoken word. Plato's Socratic Dialogues provide a bedrock for classical Western philosophy. Here are the Socratic Dialogues presented as Plato designed them to be - living discussions between friends and protagonists, with the personality of Socrates himself coming alive as he deals with a host of subjects, from justice and inspiration to courage, poetry and the gods.

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