Podcast
The Daily Stoic
It recounts the author's transformative experience of discovering classic philosophical texts, specifically Socrates' dialogues, as a young boy and how they shaped his life and outlook. The book argues for the continued relevance and universality of the classics for contemporary readers.
They were hardcover, gilded, edged pages. You know the kind of books that you see in like wood paneled libraries and bookshelves, they just they were beautiful.
— Episode: Roosevelt Montás on Socrates and the Uni...
Episode: Roosevelt Montás on Socrates and the Universality...
It recounts the author's transformative experience of discovering classic philosophical texts, specifically Socrates' dialogues, as a young boy and how they shaped his life and outlook. The book argues for the continued relevance and universality of the classics for contemporary readers.
They were hardcover, gilded, edged pages. You know the kind of books that you see in like wood paneled libraries and bookshelves, they just they were beautiful.
Frankly what drew me is that they were beautiful books.
the apology of Socrates where he's defending himself before an Athenian Jewry and on charges of corrupting the youth
the whole point of philosophy is to teach you how to die
I sit with Shakespeare, and he wins.