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Thursday 10 Sept: Republic Book 1: A simple chat with Socrates turns into a question about how to live your life. Read it once to do the Divisio Textus and then again to understand the discussion.
Tuesday 8 Sept: (i) Review on the character of Socrates in The Apology; (ii) Kennedy 20 Jan 1961: “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” (iii) Declaration of Independence; (iv) US Constitution ; (v) Discussion of Plato’s Crito; (vi) Cultural perspectives: Socrates and modern American students; (vii) AI: “In Plato’s Crito, Socrates gives arguments as to why he should not try to escape the sentence of death. He sets out the side of the State that it raised him and he benefited from it, so he should not break the law and try to escape the verdict reached in the Apology. Socrates weighed the reasoning and decided he must stay and accept his sentence. Would modern Americans think about these matters in the same way as Socrates? Is the historical, social and political context today suggest a different approach?” (GROK, CHATGPT, GEMINI, CLAUDE, COPILOT, [other?])