Robert P. George: We Need Free Speech the Way the Body Needs Oxygen to Survive

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Is there an innate human knowledge of Truth? Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas sits down with Robert P. George, Princeton University Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program, to discuss his new book, Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth. Their conversation delves into the nature of humanity, examining how our understanding of it influences our perception of truth, and the interplay between biblical perspectives, classical traditions, and modern philosophies. From moral contrasts to reflections on great philosophers, they examine belief, feeling, and the shared foundations of truth.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Socrates in the city.
0:04.4	Today, it is my great joy to interview someone I've known for a long time.
0:09.6	I call him Robbie George, but his real name is Dr. Robert P. George, or technically, since he has three doctorates,
0:19.1	Dr. Dr. Dr. Robert P. George.
0:22.4	He's the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program
0:27.7	in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University.
0:31.1	He served as chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
0:36.0	and on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the U.S. President on International Religious Freedom and on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
0:38.4	and the U.S. President's Council on Bioethics. He's also been the U.S. member of UNESCO's
0:44.4	World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology. But haven't we all?
0:49.8	Robbie George, welcome.
0:51.2	It's a pleasure to be on with you, Eric. Great to see you again.
0:53.4	It's so much fun to talk to you, or at least even to think about talking to you, but now I actually get to talk to you.
1:02.6	You do have three doctorates.
1:04.3	I just want to start there.
1:06.9	In what?
1:08.4	Well, they're all from Oxford, a doctor of philosophy.
1:11.2	Now listen, there's no need to show off.
1:13.8	We're already impressed, Robbie.
1:16.0	So you have three doctorates from Oxford.
1:18.9	Okay, all right.
1:20.6	I don't.
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