Biography of Plato. Plato was a Greek philosopher‚ mathematician‚ rhetorician‚ writer‚ founder of Academy‚ and even a double Olympic champion. He was born in 427 BCE in family of wealthy and influential Athenian parents: Ariston and Perictione. Plato ’s real name was Aristocles. For his athletic figure his wrestling coach called him Plato‚ which means “broad”. As Plato was from a wealthy family‚ he got the best teachers of that time‚ who taught him music‚ grammar and athletics. At the age
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comprehend love differently‚ they both relate sincerely. By means of their views of love and intimacy we can relate our lives to their concepts to have a greater understanding of what true love may mean to us. In the speech of Aristophanes named Plato’s Symposium he speaks about the origin of love. Aristophanes tries to enlighten a party of men with a history lesson to explain the true nature of why human beings desire love and to be loved. In his story he explains the attraction homosexuals and heterosexuals
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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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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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The feeling of desiring another may be much older the human race as without erotic acts the species would have never survived. One of the first written explanations of this desire comes from Aristophanes’ dialogue in Plato’s Symposium where he summarises how man came to have the form he now has. In brief‚ man once had two faces‚ four arms‚ and four legs; they were so powerful in that form that Zeus feared them and was diminished to split them in two. The severed halves were doomed to wander the earth
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Symposium Summary Some Details on the Mollusk Symbiont Symposium It’s not everyday you hear a Caucasian woman say ‘lumun-lumun’ with gusto and a thick American accent‚ and not everyday do we UP students encounter a free event that provides lots of good food for snacks and lunch. These were some of the main highlights of the past symposium (March 5‚ 2012)‚ the Philippine Mollusk Symbiont Interntional Cooperative Biodiversity Group that was held at the Marine Science Institute. I did not stay the
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Tearra Daniel Philosophy 1030 Plato 2/20/2013 Plato was a well-known wrestler‚ and the name by which we know him today was his ring name. Plato means broad or flat: presumably in this case the former meaning‚ referring to his shoulder. At his birth in 429 B.C. Plato was given the name Aristocles. He was born in Athens‚ or on the island of Aegina‚ which lies just twelve miles offshores from Athens in the Saronic Gulf. Plato was born into one of the great political families of Athens. His
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In a close reading of Symposium‚ we as readers get to browse through an eclectic mix of brilliant and unique minds belonging to poets‚ philosophers‚ lovers‚ play writes‚ comedians and even war heroes. Each character takes their turn in describing their own ideal of love in this casual setting and the speeches with which we are presented are clearly melded by the life‚ profession and personality of these speakers. Plato’s success in giving each speech its own character and personality is quite remarkable
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SCRIPT OF MASTERS OF CEREMONIES MR. (Name) and MS. (Name) | activity | SPEECH | INTRODUCTION | Good Mornig ladies and gentlemen.Welcome to the culminating activity of the National Service training Program of the Bachelor of Science in Infomrmation and Communication Technology 1-a with its theme “Go‚ Change‚ and Lead!”When we talk of a leadermost of us would be overwhelmed by the responsibility and power that go through with it. But there’s more to it that we‚ the youth should put our heart on
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(Gayton v). Some branches of love are negative and unhealthy‚ while others remain positive and strong. One’s opinion of love in general is often based one which branches of love he or she has encountered. This can best be seen when analyzing Plato’s Symposium and Augustine’s Confessions; because their visions of love were of different branches‚ their opinions on the value of love differ greatly. Plato’s understanding of the concept of love leaned towards the branch of Eros‚ while Augustine’s love was
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