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Diogenes Laertes - Diogenes' Frankness Of Speech - Sadler's Lectures
Sadler's Lectures
English - June 08, 2022 17:51 - 19 minutes - 30.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This lecture discusses the depiction of the Cynic philosopher Diogenes within Diogenes Laertes' Lives of the Philosophers, book 6
It focuses specifically on Diogenes' frankness of speech (parrhesia), its purpose and value, with reference to a lot of examples.
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