Let's read Euthydemus by Plato (full audiobook)

An original audiobook of the Socratic dialogue, Euthydemus, by the legendary Greek Philosopher Plato. BOOKMARKS:
0:00:12 Socrates' friend Crito arrives and asks about a discussion Socrates had yesterday at the Lyceum with some strangers. Apparently the young Cleinias was also there.
0:01:18 Socrates tells Crito about the brothers Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, who are sophists who have discovered a technique for winning any argument, regardless of whether the point they are making is true or false.
0:03:48 Socrates is thinking of becoming their student. Crito suggests he might be a bit too old...
0:06:00 Crito agrees to go along with Socrates to listen to the brothers, but asks what they are going to learn... Socrates assures him that it will be easy to explain...
Based on the translation by Benjamin Jowett (which is in the public domain).
In Euthydemus, Socrates takes on a pair of Sophists, the brothers Euthedemus and Dionysodorus, who are visting Athens. They claim to be able to both prove and disprove any statement, using their own distinctive brand of 'logic' - a claim which Socrates and his friends decide to investigate, with results both comic and serious.
Socrates then recounts the story to his good friend, Crito, and concludes with an additional comment that serves as a critique of Aristotle's golden mean.
Link to the podcast version: anchor.fm/fara...
Link to the text on Gutenberg: www.gutenberg....

[@LucasWKeogh]

Your voices make me laugh so much... keeps me super engaged as well! Thank you for this

[@fftt9360]

Great reading

[@jDeppen]

Thank you for doing this! 🤩
Note to future-self:
28:00 everyone wants to be happy, and Wisdom (close to virtue) is the highest good. (14 min)

[@AlterAbility]

51:54

[@synthetic_paul]

Tea: not even once

[@augustineopara2887]

Thank you so so much

[@johnmilius3031]

1:43:06 I suppose Ctesippus meant the statue of Apollo Sitalcas at Delphi, which according to Pausanias was 35 cubits (= 53 feet) tall.

[@Gudakesh1]

Thank you sir :D

[@Fearofthemonster]

I suggest people to click on the text link and also read the introduction.

[@TheAlison1456]

Same. I accidentally read it last instead of first but I found it more enjoyable this way.

[@ShahJr]

1:15:41