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Plato’s Euthydemos: education is murder

"What was this reference to the Euthydemos when discussing Russell?" Okay, so here is an argument: education can be framed as murder. At least that is what two sophists in Plato's Euthydemos try to argue (283b-d). The argument is roughly this: Educating someone means attempting to make him wiser Making someone wiser only makes sense if… Continue reading Plato’s Euthydemos: education is murder