The third of a six part work by W. K. C. Gurthrie concerns this figure and draws on both a 1818 paper by Schleiermacher and the 20th century work on this figure by Olof Gigon.
The third of a six part work by W. K. C. Gurthrie concerns this figure and draws on both a 1818 paper by Schleiermacher and the 20th century work on this figure by Olof Gigon. In one episode, this figure compares himself to a midwife who is barren himself but may help others have children. This figure is referred to as the "second spectator" in a book in which he replaces Apollo and becomes the opposing force to Dionysus. In that book, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche says that this figure had a "monstrous lack of any capacity for mysticism" because of his divine sign, (*) which warns him not to do certain things. Epictetus' Discourses has multiple references to this man's quote that "Anytus and Meletus may kill me, but they cannot hurt me." Cicero remarked that this thinker "brought philosophy down from heaven" and this man's discussions often lead to aporia, or impasse, with his interlocutors who include Charmides and Gorgias. For ten points, name this man who was the wisest man in Athens because he knew that he knew nothing.
The third of a six part work by W. K. C. Gurthrie concerns this figure and draws on both a 1818 paper by Schleiermacher and the 20th century work on this figure by Olof Gigon.
Socrates