Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #224: Ion
Nathan Gilmour talks with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about Plato’s brief dialogue “Ion.”
Philosophy, Theology, Literature, and Other Things Human Beings Do Well
Nathan Gilmour talks with David Grubbs and Michial Farmer about Plato’s brief dialogue “Ion.”
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