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6,751 words

Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s Apology of Socrates. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness. I have also added a few lines and repositioned some paragraphs. Read more …

Published: February 11, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Apology, Apology of Socrates, Aristophanes, articles, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, rhetoric, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | 1 Response

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Plato’s Apology, Part 1

Greg Johnson

7,093 words

Part 1 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s Apology of Socrates. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness. I have also added a few paragraphs and points based on my notes. Read more …

Published: January 29, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Apology of Socrates, Aristophanes, articles, Fawlty Towers, Greg Johnson, irony, Jacques Derrida, magnanimity, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, Plato's Apology, religion, rhetoric, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | 2 Responses

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Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 2

Greg Johnson

6,448 words

Part 2 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro. As usual, I have edited his transcript to remove excessive wordiness.

The quotes are from Plato and Aristophanes, Four Texts on Socrates, Read more …

Published: January 23, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles originals, divination, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, language, North American New Right, philosophy, piety, Plato, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | 1 Response

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Plato’s Euthyphro, Part 1

Greg Johnson

6,806 words

Part 1 of 2

Author’s Note:

The following text is based on a transcript by V. S. of a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Euthyphro. Read more …

Published: January 21, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles originals, divination, Euthyphro, Greg Johnson, language, North American New Right, philosophy, piety, Plato, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates | Leave a comment

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The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 3

Greg Johnson

5,079 words

Part 3 of 3

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of a discussion of Aristophanes’ Clouds, which took place prior to a lecture on Plato’s dialogue Theages. Read more …

Published: December 18, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, comedy, drama, education, Greg Johnson, morality, originals, philosophy, presocratics, religion, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | 1 Response

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The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

Greg Johnson

7,204 words

Part 2 of 3

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of part of my lecture on Aristophanes’ Clouds. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness and any factual errors. Read more …

Published: December 17, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, presocratics, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | Leave a comment

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The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Greg Johnson

Socrates: among other things, a good 5 cent cigar

6,365 words

Author’s Note:

The following text is a transcript by V. S. of the second part of my lecture on Aristophanes’ Clouds. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness and any factual errors. The quotes come from the translation of the Clouds in Four Texts on Socrates.

Published: June 6, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristophanes, articles, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, originals, philosophy, presocratics, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | Leave a comment

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 36
The Trial of Socrates:
Plato’s Theages

Greg Johnson

54:34 / 342 words

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Published: March 6, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, Counter-Currents Radio, Greg Johnson, philosophy, Plato, podcasts, Socrates, The Trial of Socrates, Theages | Leave a comment

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 35
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 3

Greg Johnson

Aristophanes

36:31 / 374 words

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

Published: February 27, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | 1 Response

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 34
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 2

Greg Johnson

45:43 / 463 words

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

Published: February 20, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Aristophanes, comedy, drama, Greg Johnson, philosophy, podcasts, presocratics, Socrates, sophists, The Trial of Socrates | 5 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 33
The Trial of Socrates:
Aristophanes’ Clouds, Part 1

Greg Johnson

Seated Socrates, fresco from ancient Ephesus

54:53 / 472 words

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