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Ancient and modern

A Socratic enquiry

24 June 2023

9:00 AM

24 June 2023

9:00 AM

SOCRATES: I was walking through the agora after having had a discussion with an impetuous young man who argued that a good orator could win a debate on any subject, even though he knew nothing about it. This left me rather baffled, so it was a pleasure to fall in with the lawyer Lady Hallett, on whose good sense one could always rely…

SOCRATES: Good morning, Lady Hallett.

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