Plato's Gorgias: What’s Wrong with The Life of Pleasure?

In the second half of Plato's Gorgias Socrates discusses the Life of Pleasure with a man named Callicles. Here Dr. Andrew Moore (Associate Professor of Great Books at St. Thomas University) examines the key turns in the argument. Callicles is convinced that human happiness means the unending satisfaction of human desires. Socrates challenges this idea with a number of arresting and sometimes comical images.
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I'm a french highschool student, and your video, even though it is in english, helped me 100 times more than french videos haha, thank you!

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Glad it was helpful!

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I am loving these. Great mix of humor + content.

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Second video of yours I’ve watched. This really helped me synthesize what I read. It’s always fantastic to find a thoughtful teacher/presenter.

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Glad you’re enjoying them. I’ve got another one on Plato’s Crito that, imo, is much better. 😁

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Brilliant video! About to start my philosophy essay :)

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Fighting my own Callicles' everyday

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Thank you! About to have an exam and this is super helpful

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Thanks for explaining it in such an understandable way!

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Hey, you're welcome. I'm really glad you found it helpful!

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Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

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Glad you liked it! Love the Gorgias!

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Excellent use of swearing. Reminiscent of BC 🙂