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PHIL 102, UBC Christina Hendricks Spring 2018 Plato, Apology PHIL 102, UBC Christina Hendricks Spring 2018 Bust of Socrates at the Museo Pio-Clementino, Public domain on Wikimedia Commons Except images licensed otherwise, this presentation is licensed CC BY 4.0

Questions about the text? How trials worked at the time Social & political context of this trial (oracle at Delphi?) Death of Socrates, Jacques-Louis David, public domain on Wikimedia Commons

Socrates, in Euth. & Apology Do you get a different sense in Apology of how Socrates acts, and why he thinks his philosophical activity is important, than in Euthyphro?

The charges Impiety Why was this important at the time? Corruption of the youth Outline Socrates’ defense in conversation with Meletus Statue of Justice, licensed CC0 on pixabay.com

Licensed CC BY 2.0 on Flickr Famous statements Socratic wisdom (p. 3) Socrates as gadfly (p. 9-10) The unexamined life (p. 13) Fly image, licensed CC0 on pixabay.com Socrates statue at the Louvre, by Derek Key, Licensed CC BY 2.0 on Flickr

Intro to Epicurus & Cicero

Timeline Socrates: 469-399 BCE Plato: 427-348 BCE Epicurus: 341-271 BCE (also lived in Greece) Cicero: c. 106-43BCE (Roman) Roman copy of a bust of Epicurus, after a lost Greek original, Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Macedonia & Greece, 336 BCE Much of Greece conquered by Philip of Macedon -- Father of Alexander the Great Map of Macedonia, Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY SA 2.5

Alexander the Great’s empire, 334-323 BCE Macedon Empire, Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY SA 3.0

Texts we’re reading Epicurus: “Letter to Menoeceus”: a letter by Epicurus to someone named Menoeceus, telling him how to live a good life Epicurus: “Principal Doctrines”: a list of short sayings by Epicurus, designed to be easily remembered and put into practice Cicero: Selections from De Finibus Book 1: a dialogue that includes multiple philosophical views prevalent in Rome at the time