One of my favorite groups is The Band, now retired. And one of their most interesting songs is ”The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”. When I first heard it I was unclear as to just what the song was about. “Old Dixie” sounded like it might be about an old dog, or an old…

There were several thinkers who did in fact develop basic theories about real, how we can know things, and how we should live. Since Socrates never wrote anything himself we must turn to Plato for any ideas about what he thought. Let’s take a look art the ideas of the most well-known presocratic thinkers. I…