meaning of pederasty is associated with criminal and immoral behavior concerning a younger boy being exploited by an older man‚ the old world definition and practice was much more widely spread‚ encouraged and perhaps idealized by some. Plato’s Symposium contains a creation myth‚ credited to and proposed by Aristophanes‚ a playwright in ancient Athens‚ concerning the origin of humans like many other ancient Greek myths. Aristophanes‚ a comic and satirical playwright‚ was probably in the house of
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GAME RULES: This game is modeled after “Snakes and Ladders”‚ where the snakes’ are the taboo boxes and the ladders are the parts of the alimentary canal. 1. The game is for 2-4 players and the aim of the game is to reach the 100th square and complete your “digestion” of your food. The fastest player to reach the end of the board wins. There is a “bounce back” when you reach the 100th box. E.g. if you are at 99 and you roll a 2 you “bounce back” to 99. First person to reach the 100th square
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In the Symposium‚ there are many people who make speeches about their belief in the definition of love is. There are many philosophers at the party‚ such as: Phaedrus‚ Pausanias‚ Aristophanes‚ Agathon‚ and of course‚ Socrates. All of whom are very wise and make very good points about love. Aristophanes speaks about how he believes that long ago humans used to be one being‚ and that we were separated from our other half. Now we all are searching for the other half‚ to make us whole again. Although
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Introduction Thesis: Love is the connection derived from experiences that gives our lives purpose. Remaining Introduction: For section I of my paper‚ I intend to compare two opposing arguments from Aristophanes and Socrates that transpired in Plato’s The Symposium. Additionally‚ section II will contain my reflection on love through examining multiple questions as I rationalize this fundamental feeling. Section One One sentence summary of each of my two views on love from The Symposium. Example 1: Aristophanes:
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In Plato’s dialogues the symposium and Meno‚ both focus on the role of forms and through them the importance of how humans attain knowledge. However even though their goals are similar towards the attainment of knowledge‚ both arguments in the end are different to one another‚ when defining the role of forms. In this paper I will analyze both dialogues in their argument to the role of forms‚ and refute why the two dialogues are incompatible with one another‚ nevertheless shedding light on connecting
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Socrates‚ in Plato’s work "Symposium"‚ introduces the ladder of love through his conversation with the God-like figure‚ Diotima. The more knowledge about love one gains‚ the higher they climb and the less they focus on physical beauty. After Socrates has explained these concepts‚ Alcibiades steps in. He is confused because he himself is in love with philosophy‚ but he is also lost in bodily desire. According to the ideology of Socrates as expressed in Plato’s work "Symposium" the musician girl from
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underlying notion of Plato’s Symposium is that love lies in the metaxy between good and evil and therefore‚ contains properties of both. An understanding of this concept will lead to an understanding of love. One must feel the pain that goes along with the pleasure in order to actually be in love. In Plato’s Symposium‚ Alcibiades cannot understand his love for Socrates because he has only felt the pleasures of love and has never experienced the pain of it. Plato’s Symposium is a recollection of conversations
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Short Paper #1 Diotima Plato’s Symposium presents an ironic twist of society’s respect towards individuals on the basis of gender and intellect. The dialogue opens with the gathering of respected men over the discussion of Eros at a symposium. The overall tone exuded by the male figures throughout the dialogue displayed a sign of superiority over females through certain mediums in their encomium. Such is not the case with the speech delivered by the upmost respected scholar of his time‚ Socrates
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The Accounts of Eros in the "Symposium" The word love carries with it many‚ many different interpretations. In modern day‚ our views on what is appropriate love is much different from the views from the time of Socrates and Plato. To them love was eros‚ a direct translation of the word love. However‚ the word itself wasn ’t the only thing that was different about love. In Plato ’s "Symposium"‚ there is a celebration for Agathon. He had just won a dramatic contest in Athens‚ Greece two nights ago
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