Euthydemus by Plato audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

In Plato's Euthydemus, Socrates recounts to his friend Crito a memorable encounter at the Lyceum, where two celebrated brothers, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, promise to teach virtue and wisdom. Their method, however, is less instruction than combat: rapid-fire questions, verbal traps, and dazzling contradictions designed to win applause. Caught between admiration and confusion is Cleinias, an earnest young nobleman whose education is at stake, along with a circle of onlookers eager for entertainment. Socrates steps into the fray with his usual patience and irony, testing what it really means to learn, to argue well, and to care for the soul. As the brothers' cleverness escalates, the dialogue becomes a lively examination of the difference between genuine philosophy and showy disputation, and of how a teacher should guide a student toward virtue rather than victory. By turns funny, pointed, and unsettling, Euthydemus challenges listeners to ask whether reasoning is a tool for truth or merely a weapon for winning.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:49:56) Chapter 02

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