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The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo) by Plato (~399 BCE - 387 BCE)
In this episode, we examine one of the most profound and influential works in Western philosophy: Plato's The Trial and Death of Socrates (c. 399–387 BCE), a quartet of dialogues—Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo—that together chronicle the final days of Socrates and explore the nature of justice, piety, virtue, and the immortality of the soul. In Euthyphro, Socrates questions the meaning of holiness on the steps of the courthouse; in the Apology, he delivers his defiant defense before the Athenian jury, famously declaring that "the unexamined life is not worth living"; in Crito, he…
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