Socrates and the Examined Life: 1. The Gadfly @edinburghphilosophy

Socrates and the Examined Life: 1. The Gadfly @edinburghphilosophy

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Part of the free online course Know Thyself. On the Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Examined Life

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