In the book‚” Plato’s Symposium‚” by Plato‚ who was a philosopher in Greece‚ he illustrates the dialectic discussion in a party at Agathon’s to celebrate his triumph of his first tragedy. In the Symposium; the guests Phaedrus‚ an Athenian aristocrat; Pausanias‚ the legal expert; Eryximachus‚ a physician; Aristophanes‚ eminent comic playwright; Agathon ‚a tragic poet and host of the banquet; Socrates‚ eminent philosopher and Plato’s teacher; and Alcibiades‚ a prominent Athenian statesman‚ orator and
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Starting at 210a of The Symposium‚ Diotima speaks with Socrates about reaching the final vision of the mysteries. She starts talking about a young boy who is starting to be attracted to beautiful bodies. He first loves one body; and then‚ realizing that all bodies are relatively alike‚ he begins to love all beautiful bodies. After that‚ he comes to appreciate the beauty of minds‚ not caring anymore about physical attraction. After all stages‚ the boy will ultimately come to loving beauty itself and
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underworld in an attempt to save the woman that he loves dearly. During that era‚ Orpheus was an incredibly brilliant individual who enjoy playing his lyre‚ which‚ in turn‚ everyone loves the type of genre of his musical
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that feature Socrates as the protagonist. The symposium was written between the middle and the late period‚ and the figure of Socrates serves more as a mouth piece for Plato’s own views. For instance in the symposium there is a brief mention of the theory of forms‚ which is entirely Plato’s invention. The complex framing devices set up by Plato at the beginning of the dialogue are meant in part to suggest the fictionality of the account. The symposium is one of the foundational documents of Western
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Logic to Ladder Diagram There are some methods to do PLC programming. The programming methods can be with Logic Ladder Diagram‚ mnemonic (statement list)‚ and / or function block diagram. One of the PLC programming methods that are very commonly used programming using PLC ladder diagram. The method is practical and easy to understand. The programmer in charge of writing a program should describe an electronic switch circuit. It can be designed to perform the conversion of electronic circuits that
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Bottom of the Social Ladder By: Frances Snell January 15‚ 2013 Introduction to Applied Behavior Science Psy 202 Meagan Marksbury I. Living Conditions A. Home B. Yard C. Isolation II. Family A. Children B. Income C. Challenges III. School A. Social B. Activities C. College IV. Childhood
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source of Western rationality. But in his later work‚ " Symposium "‚ an important philosophical aesthetics book‚ Plato placed a dramatic dialogue around the subjects "Love" and “Beauty.” Everyone who was invited by Agathon‚ the tragedian‚ had to give a speech in praise of Love (Eros). However‚ when it was Socrates’ term‚ he rebutted Agathon’s claim that Love is good and beautiful. At the end of Socrates’ questioning‚ he concluded that Love is neither beautiful nor good. After Agathon’s speech‚ Socrates
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Title The conflict between the Greek notions nomos‚ law and convention‚ and physis‚ nature‚ affects all mankind. In Plato’s dialogue the Symposium‚ seven succeeding speeches discuss the implications of Eros. Relative to nomos and physis‚ the speakers convey that Eros is a product of physis and‚ along with physis‚ is a criminal that nomos tries to chain up and limit. Eros is the result of the physis of humankind. In fact‚ our nature is the basis for Love’s existence. All humans strive to achieve “goodness”
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