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This lecture discusses Socrates' defense against the charge of impiety, exploring the concept of wisdom and the relationship between the individual and the state. The speaker examines the Apology of Socrates, analyzing his arguments and methods. The lecture also touches on the idea of liberalism and its limitations in addressing the complexities of human nature and society.
Leo Strauss — 17 recordings in the archive.
The book: The City and Man by Leo Strauss.
Provenance: University of Chicago · seminar recordings.
All the important points but i'm not quite clear but i've whether i understood you stated first that the defense is strikingly inadequate and then you try to show from what point of view it would not be inaccurate now let me state my difficulty in the form of an objection could one not argue this way so that is it does not refute the charge of impiety because he regardless is absurd of course he believed in the gods of the city i mean that is suggested for example of apollo he refers to apollo as for the formula of the accusation at which there is spokesman which he refused very easily but what matters had probably had in mind was that he knew something of sugarless reference to the demonic thing in him damonya and that is the former which you use he only says silvas introduces new dynamonya well if there is a dimension of sugar there may be other such things and therefore he's justified in producing the plural you know but to come back to the main point could silvadas not have been as simply orthodox ethelene and he regarded that charge as preposterous and ridiculous and therefore ridiculed it and took it lightly what would you say to such a possibility that's plausible without in xenophobe now let us take this singular presentation in the first chapter of the memorabilia sugar tastes sacrifice all the time yeah and all proper times at home and it's a public altar so why did he not invite us pleasure so that is not referred to that this is not a sufficient proof of orthodoxy if someone fulfills all the prescribed rights well the argument i was making is that he could but why did he not do it i mean that would seem to be a very strong with what right can they say so goddess he doesn't believe in the voice of city when he sacrificed to them well perhaps he didn't want the jury to believe that he simply believed in the city's gods yeah but then he becomes guilty of the crime now i think if one reads xenophon is these four pages or not many much emotionally everyone sees the reason you see the greek word of the church solaris does not believe in the gods the word is nomin which is the…