10: In pursuit of perfect virtue
Hellenistic philosophy, the connection between Jesus and Socrates, and what atheists (and others) can learn from the Bible
The day after Easter Sunday I found myself listening to a lecture from the 90’s on Hellenistic philosophy (Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues), and it struck me that considering its proximity in time to the most printed book in human history, the Bible is often relegated to scrap by many modern academics.
Particularly concerning Stoicism, a branch of Soc…
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