Plato's podcasts: the ancients' guide to modern living

Description

Pythagoras and the search for meaning -- Sappho and the art of paying attention -- Plato and a love of conversation -- Diogenes the Cynic on the deceptiveness of fame -- Diotima of Mantinea on sometimes not having sex -- Aristotle on surviving unpopularity -- Pyrrho of Elis on suspending disbelief -- Epicurus on why less is more -- Zeno of Citium on the psychology of shopping -- Aristippus the Cyrenaic and a common misunderstanding about pleasure -- Onesicritus hears the call to live more simply -- Cleanthes the Water-Carrier on working so hard you miss what you want -- Hipparchia of Maroneia on marrying for love -- Bion of Borysthenes and the wisdom of changing your mind -- Menippus of Gadara on the seriousness of laughing -- Marcus Manilius on the exercise of free will -- Secundus the Silent on the dangers of travel -- Sextus Empiricus and the folly of food fads -- Hypatia of Alexandria on living in times of violence -- Socrates and being towards death.;Compares aspects of the modern world to everyday life in 400 B.C., imagining the likely opinions of ancient philosophers ranging from the naked Gymnosophists to the barrel-dwelling Diogenes on 21st-century topics.