Episode 149: Plato's "Crito": A Performance and Discussion
Broadway stars Walter Bobbie and Bill Youmans perform Plato's dialogue in which Socrates awaits his execution. Should Socrates defy the verdict and try to escape the city? Socrates says no; that would be ungrateful to the city whose benefits he's enjoyed. Bill joins the full PEL foursome for a lively discussion.
End song: "Fall Away" by Mark Lint and the Fake from the album So Whaddaya Think? (2000).
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Broadway stars Walter Bobbie and Bill Youmans perform Plato's dialogue in which Socrates awaits his execution. Should Socrates defy the verdict and try to escape the city? Socrates says no; that would be ungrateful to the city whose benefits he's enjoyed. Bill joins the full PEL foursome for a lively discussion.
End song: "Fall Away" by Mark Lint and the Fake from the album So Whaddaya Think? (2000).
Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support.
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