Tag: Dialogue
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October 26, 2018 Thanks to James Keller, a 2018 Harrison Middleton University Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post. With his head in the clouds, Socrates, as portrayed by Aristophanes, is a figure of mockery. Not only that—he is a sophist. One who comes to The Clouds only after reading the Platonic dialogues may be startled …
