Category: Fichte
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Roberto Rossellini’s Socrates
Substack latest. The philosopher at the hour of death.
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Roberto Rosselini’s Socrates
It was my good fortune to happen across Rosselini's Socrates the night before last, Good Friday night, on Turner Classic Movies. From 1971, in Italian with English subtitles. I tuned in about 15 minutes late, but it riveted my attention until the end. It is full of excellent, accurate dialog based on the texts of Plato that…