Ion-Plato (Πλάτων)

Short History of Greek Philosophy by John Marshall.History of Ancient Greek philosophy from pre-Socratics to Aristotle and on to the Sceptics and the Stoics.Featured on The Enchiridion.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Phaedo by Plato (Πλάτων).Plato's Phaedo is one of the great dialogues of his middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium. The Phaedo, which depicts the death of Socrates, is also Plato's seventh and last dialogue to detail the philosopher's final days (the first six being Theaetetus, Euthyphro, Sophist, Statesman, Apology, and Crito). In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the nature of the afterlife on his last day before being executed by drinking hemlock. Socrates has been imprisoned and sentenced to death by an Athenian jury for not believing in the gods of the state and for corrupting the youth of the city. The dialogue is told from the perspective of one of Socrates' students, Phaedo of Elis. Having been present at Socrates' death bed, Phaedo relates the dialogue from that day to Echecrates, a fellow philosopher.Featured on The Enchiridion.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Ion by Plato (Πλάτων).In Plato's ION, Socrates questions Ion, whether he should really claim laud and glory for his 'rhapsodic' recitals of Homer's poetry.Featured on The Enchiridion.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Meno by Plato (Πλάτων).Meno (Ancient Greek: Μένων) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. Written in the Socratic dialectic style, it attempts to determine the definition of virtue, or arete, meaning in this case virtue in general, rather than particular virtues, such as justice or temperance. The goal is a common definition that applies equally to all particular virtues. Socrates moves the discussion past the philosophical confusion, or aporia, created by Meno's paradox (aka the learner's paradox) with the introduction of new Platonic ideas: the theory of knowledge as recollection, anamnesis, and in the final lines a movement towards Platonic idealism..Featured on The Enchiridion.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. These memos survive and continue to inspire others to this day. These writings take the form of quotations varying in length from one sentence to long paragraphs. He explicates the Stoic philosophy that the only way a man can be harmed by others is to allow his reaction to overpower him. He shows no particular religious faith in his writings, but seems to believe that some sort of logical, benevolent force organizes the universe in such a way that even "bad" occurrences happen for the good of the whole.Featured on The Enchiridion.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Consolation of Philosophy (Version 2) by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius.The Consolation of Philosophy was written about 524 A.D. and has been called one of the most popular and influential books ever written. The book is presented as a dialogue between Boethius, the author, and Lady Philosophy, his tutor. Through her teaching, Boethius learns the true nature of fortune, misfortune, wealth, good, and evil.Featured on The Enchiridion.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

On the Shortness of Life by Lucius Annaeus Seneca.De Brevitate Vitae (English: On the Shortness of Life) is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, sometime around the year 49 AD, to his father-in-law Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that people waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives people enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly. In general, time is best used by living in the present moment in pursuit of the intentional, purposeful life.Featured on The Enchiridion.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Euthydemus by Plato (Πλάτων).Euthydemus (Εὐθύδημος) and Dionysodorus the sophists discuss the meaning of words with Socrates.Featured on The Enchiridion.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

On the Nature of Things (Munro translation) by Titus Lucretius Carus.Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99-55 BC), the author of "De Rerum Natura" or "On the Nature of Things," was a Roman poet and philosopher. The work, a didactic poem expounding the teachings of Epicurus, often rises to sublime and lyrical heights. Lucretius enjoins us to shun superstitious fears and religious rituals. The universe is governed by the laws of matter and energy. The world, like ourselves, is mortal. But the philosophic materialism of Lucretius does not impair his awestruck delight in the spectacle of the heavens, in the play of dust motes in a beam of light, in the sight of molten metals, or of the fierce breed of lions, or of horses surging from a starting gate. And above all, Lucretius is interested in his fellow human beings, who though fearful, are also the curious observers of everything around them.Featured on The Enchiridion.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Theaetetus by Plato (Πλάτων).Theaetetus (Ancient Greek: Θεαίτητος) discusses concepts including perception, true judgment and knowledge. Socrates compares the human mind to a piece of wax and is critical of lawyers who seek only to persuade.Featured on The Enchiridion.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.