Plato: The Architect of Western Philosophy

Podcast: Learn with Leshley · Lyon Leshley

Opublikowano: 2026-05-01

Why are we still arguing about a guy who died 2,347 years ago? We don’t use ancient Greek medicine. We don’t build bridges with their engineering. But Plato? He’s impossible to ignore. The philosopher Alfred North Whitehead famously said all of European philosophy is just “a series of footnotes to Plato.” This lecture explores why. In this video, we cover: The Socratic Method and why it got Socrates killed The Theory of Forms — reality or beautiful madness? The Allegory of the Cave and why it still haunts us Pl...