In this episode, Jason and Dr. Smith discuss the relevance of ancient philosophy, one of the new courses available at catholicstudiesacademy.com. We discuss:
- What is ancient philosophy
- The context of the rise of philosophy
- Ancient relativism
- Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
- The Sophists and the importance of reality
- The Stoics
- Plato's Theory of the Forms
- Philosophy as a way of life
- The modern relevance of ancient philosophy