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The Greeks · Great Books Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/plato-trial-of-socrates/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/plato-trial-of-socrates/Socrates questions a man about holiness, defends his life before a jury, and refuses to escape from prison. The Greeks · Great Books Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/plato-phaedo/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/plato-phaedo/Socrates' last day: a conversation about whether the soul outlives the body. The Greeks · Great Books Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/plato-meno/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/plato-meno/Can virtue be taught? Socrates helps a boy discover a geometry fact he was never told. 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The Greeks · Great Books Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/aristotle-biology/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/aristotle-biology/The first great work of biology: careful observation of hundreds of animals, and why their parts are as they are. The Greeks · Great Books Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/aristotle-ethics/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/aristotle-ethics/Happiness as a life of virtue, virtue as a habit between two extremes, and why friends matter. The Greeks · Great Books Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/aristotle-politics/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/great-books/the-greeks/aristotle-politics/Humans as political animals, the kinds of constitution, and what makes a city good and stable. 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