Socrates' Jail Cell

Yesterday (September 22) the Philosophy Club had a very interesting and lively discussion of Plato's Crito. The Crito is concerned with the question of political obligation and takes place in the prison cell where Socrates awaits execution. Here's a picture of what purports to be Socrates' prison in Athens taken during my visit last summer.

Philosophy in the News

This article on the growth of interest in philosophy at Auburn University appeared in the New York Times Sunday magazine.