Tag Archives: Aristophanes

A third century AD papyrus attributed to the first book of On Truth (P.Oxy. XI 1364 fr. 1, cols. v-vii)

Papyrus fragment of Antiphon’s “On Truth,” 3rd century A.D.

1,922 words

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of the prefatory remarks on Antiphon the Sophist from the first part of my lecture on Aristophanes’ Clouds. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness. The quotes come from the first edition of A Presocratics Reader, ed. Patricia Curd.

Antiphon the Sophist was a younger contemporary of Socrates. He was the author of the treatise On Truth, only fragments of which survive. Read more …

Published: May 16, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Antiphon, articles, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, presocratics, Socrates, the Sophists | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Crito, Part 2 of 2

Greg Johnson

Jacque-Louis David, "The Death of Socrates," detail

Jacques-Louis David, “The Death of Socrates,” detail

35:07 / 428 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

Published: May 1, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, Crito, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

Print this post

The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

Greg Johnson

Lucca Signorelli, “Empedocles,” Orvieto Cathedral, 1502

Luca Signorelli, “Empedocles,” Orvieto Cathedral, 1502

6,530 words

Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on the presocratic background of Aristophanes’ Clouds. Read more …

Published: April 25, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Anaxagoras, articles, atheism, Counter-Currents Radio, Cynics, Diogenes, Diogenes of Apollonia, Empedocles, Greg Johnson, myth, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, presocratics, pythagoreanism, religion, science, Socrates, sophists, Xenophanes | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Crito, Part 1 of 2

Greg Johnson

Canova, “The Death of Socrates,” detail: Crito closing the eyes of Socrates

46:06 / 400 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

Published: April 24, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, Crito, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Apology, Part 2 of 2

Greg Johnson

41:40 / 417 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

This is the second of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Apology of Socrates to the Jury, which I interpret in the light of Plato’s Euthyphro and Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: April 18, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Apology, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

Print this post

The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Greg Johnson

Thales, Union Station, Washington, D.C.

6,614 words

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on the presocratic background of Aristophanes’ Clouds. I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness, and I have added section headings and transitions. I found it sobering to read this transcript, for I discovered just how widely the written and spoken word vary, and how flabby my lectures are compared to my writings.

Published: April 16, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Anaximander, Anaximenes, articles, atheism, Greg Johnson, myth, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, presocratics, religion, science, Socrates, Thales | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Apology, Part 1 of 2

Greg Johnson

Plato, 1st century marble bust, Capitoline Museum, Rome

45:05 / 399 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

This is the first of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Apology of Socrates to the Jury, which I interpret in the light of Plato’s Euthyphro and Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: April 10, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Apology, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 2 of 2

Greg Johnson

46:12 / 416 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

This is the second of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Euthyphro, which deals with the nature of piety. As with the Theages, I interpret the Euthyphro as in part a reply to Aristophanes’ Clouds. Read more …

Published: April 3, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, piety, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 1 of 2

Greg Johnson

The veneration of Zeus Meilichios, relief, Berlin

46:58 / 415 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

This is the first of two parts of a lecture on the Platonic dialogue Euthyphro, which deals with the nature of piety. As with the Theages, I interpret the Euthyphro as in part a reply to Aristophanes’ Clouds. Read more …

Published: March 27, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, piety, Plato, podcasts, Socrates | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Theages

Greg Johnson

54:34 / 342 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

Published: March 6, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Clouds, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates, Theages | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 3

Greg Johnson

Aristophanes

36:31 / 374 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

This is the third of three podcasts on Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: February 27, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

Greg Johnson

45:43 / 463 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

This is the second of three podcasts on Aristophanes’ Clouds.

Published: February 20, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Greg Johnson

Seated Socrates, fresco from ancient Ephesus

54:53 / 472 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

This is the first of three podcasts on Aristophanes’ Clouds. This lecture opens with a discussion of the Sophist Antiphon.

Published: February 13, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Antiphon, Clouds, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

Greg Johnson

48:29 / 435 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

Topics discussed in this second and final installment on the philosophical background of Aristophanes’ Clouds: Read more …

Published: February 6, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Anaxagoras, atheism, Counter-Currents Radio, Cynics, Diogenes, Diogenes of Apollonia, Empedocles, Greg Johnson, myth, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, presocratics, pythagoreanism, religion, science, Socrates, sophists, Xenophanes | Comments closed

Print this post

Counter-Currents Radio
The Trial of Socrates:
The Presocratic Background to Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Greg Johnson

48:45 / 408 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save target as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here.

Transcript here

In September and October of 1998, I gave a course of eight, two-hour lectures on “The Trial of Socrates.” Read more …

Published: January 30, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Anaximander, Anaximenes, atheism, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, myth, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, presocratic philosophy, religion, science, Socrates, Thales | Comments closed

Video of the Day:
Buy anything after entering any of these Amazon sites through Counter-Currents and we get a commission, at no cost to you!
(Right-click & bookmark!)

Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.de Amazon.fr
Amazon.es Amazon.ca
Amazon.it Amazon.at
Amazon.cn Amazon.co.jp