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The Real Socrates: Gadfly, Martyr, or Political Pawn
Socrates is often called the father of Western philosophy, but who was the man behind the legend? In this episode, we peel back the layers of myth to examine the historical Socrates — not the Plato-sanitized version, but the real Athenian citizen who walked barefoot through the Agora, questioned everyone, and was eventually sentenced to death by his own city. We explore his early life as a stonemason, his military service at Potidaea and Delium alongside the historian Xenophon, his relationship with the Delphic oracle and the famous 'Socratic ignorance,' and the political context of…
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