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These are all important, in their own way, call it a treasure hunt and collect them all… “Know thyself.” – The Oracle “Know thine enemy and know thyself; in a hundred battles, you will not be defeated.” – Sun Tzu “You don’t know me. You don’t know me at all.” – Lisa Loeb, ‘You Don’t Know Me’ “Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics.” – The Graduate “And Alexander wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer.” – Someone Guessing “I didn’t know I had permission to murder and to maim.’ – Leonard Cohen “But that's not important right now.” – Leslie Nielsen “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “When the facts change, I change my mind – what do you do, sir?” – John Maynard Keynes “Now we’re talking price.” – Winston Churchill “Think for yourself, schmuck.” – Hagbard Celine, Illuminatus! “Have you forgotten doublethink?” – George Orwell, 1984 “You are trying to solve the wrong problem using the wrong methods based on a wrong model of the [...] ---Outline:(05:19) Editors Note(07:28) A Difference Of Opinion(10:28) An Overview(10:45) You Dont Know Me(11:51) Untimely Questions(15:41) The Unexamined Life is Worth Living(20:59) The Quest For The Unexamined Life(26:19) Not Everyone Wants To or Should Philosophize All Day(28:49) The Seinfeld Fallacy(30:44) Socrates was the Lying GOAT of Hypocritical False Humility(36:30) Hearing Voices(39:25) Simpsons Ancient Greeks Did It(42:56) The Proposed Fourth Option: Socratic Inquiry(47:59) No Really The Position is Nothing Else Matters(51:52) The War on Wavering and Nebulosity(59:09) Living Your Best Life(01:03:17) Introducing the Socratic Method (the real one)(01:04:44) Prove Me Wrong, Kids(01:06:35) Socrates Asserts Wrong Conclusions That Are Wrong(01:11:02) You Can Question Your Beliefs(01:19:39) True Opinions Do Not Only Do Good(01:22:29) Meno Plays the Fool(01:25:48) The Central Magicians Trick(01:26:57) The Gaslighting of Alcibiades(01:40:06) The Measure of a Fight(01:49:27) The Good Fight(01:54:42) The Curious Case of Euthyphro(01:59:29) You Should Be Sad About That(02:05:11) People Respond To Incentives(02:12:30) Self Versus Other(02:13:49) Socrates Declares Humans Have Unified Minds Free Of Various Biases(02:22:27) Revenge(02:39:11) Legal Systems Very Different From Our Own(02:44:53) Socrates Claims The Just And The Advantageous Are Identical(02:56:40) First Up: Utilitarianism(02:59:28) The Main Rival: Deontology (Kantianism? Stoicism?)(03:05:28) A Trolly Problem(03:07:13) The Third and Correct Option: Virtue Ethics(03:15:14) You Are Not Omniscient(03:21:42) The Hardest Thing In This World Is To Live In It(03:27:59) They Call It Utopia For A Reason(03:29:19) The End... Of Book One --- First published: March 24th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hc2swmyS8mz4jc79J/book-review-open-socrates-part-1 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.