Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

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Alcibiades argues for Libertarianism

Alcibiades argues for Libertarianism

In a short dialogue from Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates

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In Xenophon’s Memorabilia Socratis, there’s an unusual mini dialogue, in which he portrays the young aristocrat Alcibiades using the Socratic Method against his guardian, the great Athenian statesman, Pericles. Pericles was the leading champion of the Democrat faction. Alcibiades seemed to want to embarrass the older statesman by catching him in a con…

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