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EPISODE · Oct 17, 2016

Episode 149: Plato’s “Crito”: A Performance and Discussion

from The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · host Mark Linsenmayer

Broadway stars Walter Bobbie and Bill Youmans perform Plato's dialogue in which Socrates awaits his execution. Should Socrates defy the verdict and try to escape the city? Socrates says no; that would be ungrateful to the city whose benefits he's enjoyed. Bill joins the full PEL foursome for a lively discussion. End song: "Fall Away" by Mark Lint and the Fake from the album So Whaddaya Think? (2000). The post Episode 149: Plato’s “Crito”: A Performance and Discussion first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.

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Broadway stars Walter Bobbie and Bill Youmans perform Plato's dialogue in which Socrates awaits his execution. Should Socrates defy the verdict and try to escape the city? Socrates says no; that would be ungrateful to the city whose benefits he's...

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