Epicurus vs. Socrates, Plato, and the Academics

    2. Plato's Timaeus vs. On Nature, Book 14 30

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    2. Was There For Socrates a Particular Greek God of Reason / Rationality / Or Specifically "Wisdom"? 3

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    2. Useful Brief Article With Info On Development of Skepticism Within Academy - Thanks Nate! 1

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    2. Sources For Text and Commentary on Philebus - The Jowett Edition 10

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    2. Some notes on Plato’s Republic (actually on the Cliffs Notes thereof) 6

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      • April 23, 2020 at 8:34 PM
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    2. Plato's Ladder of Beauty from his Symposium 1

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      • April 22, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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    2. Plato's Cave Animation -- Watch, And Be Revolted! 3

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      • February 28, 2019 at 11:36 AM
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    2. Philebus - Plato's Arguments Against Pleasure and Epicurean Responses 16

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      • October 1, 2019 at 9:16 PM
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    2. Nietzsche's "The Problem Of Socrates" (Consistent With The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates?)

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      • March 15, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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    2. Isaac Asimov's Essay "The Relativity of Wrong" (Including Criticism of Socrates And Considering Proper Standards of Correctness) 2

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      • August 30, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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    2. Epicurean Criticism of Socrates (Including Article By Mark Riley)

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      • February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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    2. David Sedley on Plato's Forms / Universals / "One Over Many" Principle

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      • January 10, 2022 at 8:22 AM
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