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Harvey Yunis, Character, Constitutions, and Epideictic Rhetoric in Thucydides and Plato

Harvey Yunis, Character, Constitutions, and Epideictic Rhetoric in Thucydides and Plato

Socratica V Triennial Conference July 11-14 at Rice University

Please see the conference website for more information: https://socratica5.rice.edu

Chloe Balla, “Socrates the Storyteller: On Socrates’ Representation of Socrates in the Phaedo”

Abstract: How does Socrates’ story regarding his decision to compose poetry during his stay in prison relate to Plato’s overall agenda in his Phaedo? I focus on the claim that Socrates used Aesop’s fables since he himself was not an expert in storytelling, and...

Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Socratic Studies

Workshop held at the Section of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, Friday, December 2, 2022 The Aim of the Workshop The aim of the workshop is to develop a better understanding of the interpretations, evaluations and uses of the figure of Socrates in the seventeenth and eighteenth...