The characters in Symposium shared their personal thoughts on love in many different ways. Some of the speeches were thoughtful and intelligent‚ while others seemed to be more for entertainment purposes. Throughout the speeches‚ there was a sense of competition among the speakers. The best speech‚ however‚ came from Phaedrus‚ as he was able to convey the true power and effect love has on humankind. Phaedrus certainly did not give the most complex speech in the story‚ Symposium‚ but his speech held
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formation of a good soul and its relationship to the erotic soul as described in Plato’s the Symposium‚ while the Neoplatonic self in Plotinus’s The Enneads and Marsilio Ficino’s speeches in Commentary on Plato’s Symposium on Love is a Christianization of this erotic soul. All three philosopher’s works‚ tie into love and the human soul‚ and the human search for beauty and goodness. Plato’s the Symposium is a narrative in which its character’s discuss love as it relates to the human soul. The love
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“Justice and peace can only thrive together‚ never apart” Oscar Arias Sanchez Plato’s writings on happiness are seen as a representation of Socrate’s view since Plato was his student‚ and presents his writings on happiness in three dialogues‚ namely Euthydemus‚ The Symposium and The Republic. As to necessary conditions for happiness in the Euthydemus‚ he argues first that happiness is what everybody desires; it is the end or goal of all our activities‚ unconditional good; secondly‚ he says that
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Cited: Reeve‚ C. D. C. A Plato reader: eight essential dialogues. Indianapolis‚ IN: Hackett Pub. Co.‚ 2012. Print.
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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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The Life of Plato Co-authored with Christopher Planeaux Plato was born around the year 428 BCE into an established Athenian household with a rich history of political connections -- including distant relations to both Solon and Pisistratus. Plato’s parents were Ariston and Perictone‚ his older brothers were Adeimantus and Glaucon‚ and his younger sister was Potone. In keeping with his family heritage‚ Plato was destined for the political life. But the Peloponnesian War‚ which began a couple
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romantic love‚ spiritual love‚ materialistic love‚ familial love‚ and sensual love‚ and many others. Within the Bernadete translation of the Plato’s Symposium‚ a gathering is held between the characters‚ where the different philosophical dimensions of Eros are pondered and discussed by each character possessing their own opinions in regards. Plato’s Symposium takes place in Athens‚ Greece. The beginning of the translation leads to two
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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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The philosophical point made in Socrates’ speech in Plato’s Symposium is that Love is mainly a property shared between things; that Love itself is not beautiful‚ good‚ or anything else other than relation between those who desire and the things that they perceive to be good and beautiful. In my opinion however‚ the more important thing that the speech‚ which is really more of a cross-examination does‚ is take Agathon’s claim to know all there is to know about Love and lead him to admit that he doesn’t
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1 Towards the beginning of this passage‚ Socrates gets Laches to agree to a new definition of courage. What is it? (5 marks) In the beginning of the passage Socrates gets Laches to agree that wise endurance is the definition of courage “Socrates: so according to your account‚ wise endurance will be courage. Laches: so it seems”. 2 What conclusion do Socrates and Laches reach at the end of the passage? Why might Laches be surprised by this conclusion? (5 marks) By the end of the passage
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