Plato | Apology - Full audiobook with accompanying text (AudioEbook)

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Best Apology Video on KZbin

[@lewiskirk8289]

You are very kind. I’m glad you think so 🙏

[@timpetrochilos1257]

Legendary lore has a really good one too. I like them both

[@hanfleming3465]

You read this so easily and clearly that it's gonna make my philosophy course a breeze. Thank you!

[@lewiskirk8289]

You're welcome. Good luck in your philosophy course, and be sure to check out the Platonic dialogue playlist for more Plato.

[@incompetence10881]

This reading was absolutely incredible, you're so easy to hear even sped up, saved me so much time on reading it.

[@Kimjongilmao]

Thanks so much for doing this! Genuinely felt engaged and had no problems following along. Having the text to keep up with was a nice touch as well.

[@lewiskirk8289]

You're welcome. I find having it in audioebook form (text and audio) is the best way to really take in the information. I'm glad you found it of value. Be sure to check out the Platonic Dialogue playlist.

[@nicholasashforth2376]

Thank you for this! My attention is really tenuous when reading this kind of stuff, so having someone read along with me really helps.

[@lewiskirk8289]

You are welcome. Yes, I agree. It really help to dial in the attention. Glad it helped. 👍

[@alyssajulaton4190]

Thank you. I never could've gotten through AP Humanities without this.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Happy to help! 🙂

[@zacha6066]

You really can't help but laugh the time he approaches the second man and realizes the same thing as he did the first. Basically socrates was the most intelligent troll ever throwing shade at all the other self proclaimed intellectuals, while claiming to know nothing.

[@NBDYSPCL]

clever men know how shallow their knowledge is, while fools drown in the depths of their own ignorance.

[@nath7874]

Wealth does not bring about excellence, but exellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectivly

[@lewiskirk8289]

Well said 🙏

[@uyenngoc-tunguyen6205]

Thanks for the reading. This is my first time reading Plato seriously and I found this video life-saving.

[@lewiskirk8289]

You are welcome. It was a pleasure and It makes me smile when my videos are peoples introductions to Plato’s works. 😀🙏

[@isaakkimmel6951]

Socrates was such a badass

[@lewiskirk8289]

He sure was! Have you listened to the Alcibiades yet? Or the Phaedo? Those dialogues are amazing!

[@paideia-e9u]

Thank you very much for posting. You have done a great service for humanity. Paideia Society

[@unkempthobo929]

My philosophy teacher recommended this and honestly its the first time I've read something of Socrates that I didn't have to reread/ replay on an audiobook over and over just to grasp what he meant by how you structured your speaking. Great work!

[@lewiskirk8289]

Thanks, I’m glad you found it valuable. With the Platonic dialogues being so dense and information heavy, I have found that the audio and text is the best way to digest the information. Will you be working through some other dialogues?

[@unkempthobo929]

@@lewiskirk8289 Unfortunately, I haven't been assigned anything else from Plato. I'll be reading other texts like Hannah Arendt's "Thinking and Moral Considerations," Katherine Maclean's "Contagion," and Jean-François Lyotard's "Why Philosophize?" I had read "The Allegory of the Cave" before being recommended your voiceovers and honestly I would've had a much smoother time reading it if you had done a cover on it.

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You're a blessing

[@lewiskirk8289]

You're too kind! 🙏

[@AidanDoesaSurvival]

My man Socrates, the dude straight says Gods told him to become a medival doctor Phil and to " expose people who think themselves wise" 🤣 Ps love this keep up the good work

[@halozorro9603]

Man, Plato's back had to have hurt his entire life, from carrying those stones he had between his pants. What a great read

[@nikolai5012]

55:36 "...for the unexamined life is not worth living..."

[@Sara-zk7ni]

Muchaaaas gracias.not only i improved my listening skill but also I read the apology! Words can't express my gratitude❤

[@lewiskirk8289]

De nada! I'm glad you found value in the audioebook. 🙂🙏

[@igorkovanakoff4166]

Alt title: “Socrates destroys Meletus with FACTS & LOGIC”

[@nikolai5012]

If this is indeed what Socrates said, I cannot believe that the jury convicted him. Then again, how he explains how if he had gone on with lamentations, etc. it may have ended differently. Comes to show the simple mindedness of the populace, even thousands of years ago

[@BK00.7]

I really like Plato's work, n love to read it...n now listening to it makes me happy... Plato's The Republic pull me to read his work n now his another masterpiece with amazing audio. Thank you for your great work. 👍

[@mmschwager]

So, so helpful. I have never been a great reader and I absolutely love listening to you read. Thank you.

[@lewiskirk8289]

You’re very welcome. Happy to help. 🙏

[@Carium1]

This is great, thank you so much for doing an audiobook version of this

[@lewiskirk8289]

It was a pleasure. Glad you found it of value 🙏

[@anoncentur]

"Wealth does not create excellence; rather, it be excellence which wealth emerges." -Socrates

[@toxicangel5599]

This helped me understand the dialogues better! Thank you!

[@lewiskirk8289]

Happy to hear it. You're welcome! 🙏

[@alicee.8676]

Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to read this, it makes it all so much easier for me!

[@lewiskirk8289]

Happy to help. I’m glad you are enjoying Plato. I will do a study of Plato’s Republic on my other channel soon. Came and join! 😀👍

[@jlupus8804]

Imagine being his accuser and getting mad at how wise he keeps saying he is

[@lewiskirk8289]

Yes, and the part where he says they should look after him, give him food and board rather than give him the death penalty.

[@Jake-hg3bq]

Wow that was poignant. Those last couple of lines are absurdly powerful

[@lewiskirk8289]

Yes. Socrates doesn’t pull any punches. 🙏

[@Jake-hg3bq]

@@lewiskirk8289 hey no way you're still responding to comments haha! Thank you so much for the reading man!! It makes my coursework way easier considering I have dyslexia. Really helps out

[@alexanderburkhart4078]

So helpful my my PHI 101 course, don’t have time to do the readings, but I can put these one during work and still get it. Thank you!

[@lewiskirk8289]

You are welcome. Happy to help! 🙏

[@renluna8926]

thank you for your public service, these are all brilliant

[@lewiskirk8289]

You're welcome. Happy to hear that you find them valuable. 👍

[@Andy-B1984]

"For the fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretence of knowing the unknown; and no one knows whether death, which men in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good." ~Socrates Plato's Apology "He wishes them to know that the divine sign never interrupted him in the course of his defence; the reason of which, as he conjectures, is that the death to which he is going is a good and not an evil. For either death is a long sleep, the best of sleeps, or a journey to another world in which the souls of the dead are gathered together, and in which there may be a hope of seeing the heroes of old - in which, too, there are just judges; and as all are immortal, there can be no fear of any one suffering death for his opinions. Nothing evil can happen to the good man either in life or death, and his own death has been permitted by the gods, because it was better for him to depart; and therefore he forgives his judges because they have done him no harm, although they never meant to do him any good. He has a last request to make to them - that they will trouble his sons as he has troubled them, if they appear to prefer riches to virtue, or to think themselves something when they are nothing." ~Socrates Plato's Apology "Wherefore, O judges, be of good cheer about death, and know of a certainty, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods; nor has my own approaching end happened by mere chance. But I see clearly that the time had arrived when it was better for me to die and be released from trouble; wherefore the oracle gave no sign. For which reason, also, I am not angry with my condemners, or with my accusers; they have done me no harm, although they did not mean to do me any good; and for this I may gently blame them. Still I have a favour to ask of them. When my sons are grown up, I would ask you, O my friends, to punish them; and I would have you trouble them, as I have troubled you, if they seem to care about riches, or anything, more than about virtue; or if they pretend to be something when they are really nothing, - then reprove them, as I have reproved you, for not caring about that for which they ought to care, and thinking that they are something when they are really nothing. And if you do this, both I and my sons will have received justice at your hands. The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows" ~Socrates Plato's Apology Birth, Life and Death is the same. We project the aesthetic differences onto them like we do with Harmony and Chaos. Birth and Death is a metamorphosis and changing of forms. Nature recycling!

[@lewiskirk8289]

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[@arturrofi5933]

“Which one goes to the better lot is known to no one, except to God” He knew his Creator when others just speculated.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Plato is the real deal. 🙏

[@fiflag]

bruh, by "God" he means Apollo, not the Lord our creator. Socrates believed not in the true God, but refers to his favorite member of the Greek pantheon as God, for he thought of Apollo as his patron god. As much as it would be cool for socrates to believe in God, sadly that is not the case.

[@tadhgbrady]

Thanks for this. Helps to listen and read this passage in my Philosophy textbook at the same time

[@lewiskirk8289]

You're welcome! Glad to hear that it helps. 🙏

[@aisforamerica2185]

31:52ff what the fear of death really is 1:01:43ff two ways to think about the dead

[@dubbelkastrull]

42:58 "I do not converse when I recieve a fee, and not when I do not."

[@fp2047]

Appreciate it! You're really well spoken

[@lewiskirk8289]

Thanks! Be sure to check out all of the other Platonic Dialogues on the channel!

[@Intjwithocd]

I am new to philosophical books and your channel is very helpful for me thanks

[@lewiskirk8289]

Happy to hear that! Keep studying 👍

[@alexandrostheone]

Apology was written by ΛΥΣΙΑΣ who was present at Socrates trial and the person who apologies is SOCRATES

[@samisiddiqi5411]

I love these scrolling texts. The only thing I'd ask is if you were to find a way to make these dark (night mode), and if you can do more dialogues. These are most wonderful.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Hey Sami. Happy to hear you enjoy the audioebooks! I would have to produce the whole thing all over again with dark mode, but it is something to think about as many people use the audioebooks to get off to sleep. There are many more dialogues on the channel if you haven't seen them yet. 🙏

[@aquat715]

Only audio book to keep me engaged! Thank you

[@lewiskirk8289]

That's great to hear! You're welcome. 👍

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Lewis Kirk ...MAY GOD BLESS YOU

[@lewiskirk8289]

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[@ladycakecup2343]

Thank you! Made it so much easier to read through and comprehend

[@lewiskirk8289]

You're welcome. I agree. The audioebooks are definitely the best way to digest these dialogues. Be sure to check out the other dialogues if you haven't seen them. 🙏

[@javierriosgarcia5446]

What a wonderful reading of Plato.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Why thank you 😊 I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙏

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This came in so clutch. Thank you!!

[@lewiskirk8289]

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[@matthewrowe8541]

Wow. This was a wonderful listen. Thank you!

[@lewiskirk8289]

Glad you enjoyed it! You are most welcome 🙏

[@fiishbol2060]

great audiobook to listen to while rereading this, thanks!

[@lewiskirk8289]

Glad you enjoyed it! Be sure to check out all of the other Platonic dialogues.

[@howeboutthis]

Thank you, you're the best!!!!

[@aal5704]

Wonderful, thank you

[@prog8454]

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[@maddieclark9496]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

[@lewiskirk8289]

You are very welcome 🙏

[@Yakob4012]

I'm glad this is here but I wish the PDF file was still in use

[@lewiskirk8289]

Try this link. Enjoy 🙏 cful.letras.ulisboa.pt/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Plato-Complete-Works-by-Plato-John-M.-Cooper-D.-S.-Hutchinson-z-lib.org_.pdf

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[@lewiskirk8289]

Glad you enjoyed it! There are all of the Platonic dialogues in the playlist for your viewing pleasure 🙏

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42:48 "I have never been anyones teacher."

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[@Faith_Alexander]

Is this translated by G.M.A Grube and revised by John M. Cooper?

[@lewiskirk8289]

Hi Faith! Yes, that is all correct. It is taken from the Hackett publication of the complete works of Plato. You can find the PDF at the bottom of the description of you need it.

[@travisbaker286]

Thank you for the wonderful read

[@lewiskirk8289]

You are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏

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I hope you enjoy your eternity in Heaven

[@lewiskirk8289]

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[@zootjitsu6767]

14:00 reminds me of Jordan Peterson

[@jameslippincott7440]

Thank you so much!

[@lewiskirk8289]

You are most welcome! There will be a study of Plato’s republic over at my other channel Book club soon. I hope you will join us 🙏

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I’m here because I didn’t wanna read the book for class

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[@leosyyris1359]

pontificating about the gifts of death to troll your killer is severe copium. great reading tho.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊🙏

[@leosyyris1359]

@@lewiskirk8289 more than enjoyed it. leaned on it. thanks for helping me out this semester.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Be sure to check out The Republic on my other channel if you haven’t read it yet. It’s a must read if you are investigating Plato. Here is the link: kzbin.info/aero/PL0L0onrHik1v3CnSOolC9scTArgEXyVp3&si=ZkiaHdhk12e0H4dh

[@halo_1232]

youre assuming being dead is worse than being alive, at least socrates says he doesnt know

[@alute5532]

He thinks he knows something whereas when I do not know, and not think I know I'm wiser as o do not think I know what I do not know Knowledge, Examine it's means High reputation were most efficient, where more inferior are more knowledgeable Poets don't compose poems with knowledge but with some inborn talent, & inspiration Craftsmen they knew things I did not know, so they were wiser than I Each because of their success with their craft thought they are wiser Does any man believe in spiritual activity he who does not believe in spirits If I were to claim I am wiser than anyone in anything it would be in this, that I have no adequate knowledge of things in the underworld, so I do not think I have I do however It is wicked and shame to do wrong, to disobey one superior be God or man. I shall never fear, or avoid things which I do not know, whether they may not be good, rather things I know to be bad Ego said to you I should not have been brought, for that I am here, you cannot avoid executing. I do not practice philosophy if you're caught doing so, you will die

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[@NBDYSPCL]

As briefly as I can put it, Socrates wasn't well liked by the upper class Greek socialites and ended up put to death for his teachings and philosophies. Plato, his number one fan, wrote this in attempt to help the man defend himself after his death.

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Thanks but I fell asleep haha

[@lewiskirk8289]

Ha ha. No worries, my voice has a tendency to do that for some people. You can always try again.

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