Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Greek philosopher, Socrates of Athens, as portrayed by Chataquan scholar Ron Gross.
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor, is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad is the Assistant Producer.
Socrates of Athens, who lived before the Common Era, is respected as one of the greatest independent thinkers of all time. Socrates himself refused to be recognized as a teacher. Instead, Plato, his well-known student and reporter of Socratesâ dialogues, tells us he asked to be seen as a âmidwife of ideas.â Socratesâ passion to achieve self-understanding, and the proper ways to live, continues to be studied and emulated to this day.
Chataquan scholar Ron Gross portrays Socrates in this archived interview, recorded in January 2003. We began our conversation when I asked him to describe the process of self understanding.
The book Socrates recommends is âThe Trojan Women,â by Euripides. Ron Gross recommends âThe Clouds,â by Aristophanes.
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