learned from one another. Aristotle taught Socrates‚ who taught Plato. We are lucky enough to have access to the minds of these wonderful theorists through their own texts and others’ accounts of their ponderings. Though the times are different‚ the ideas presented by these philosophers are still very relevant and in some ways have helped to shape today’s society. Plato’s Symposium is the somewhat fictional story of a story of a philosophical gathering that Socrates attended one day with his friend Aristodemus
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The Process of Love; Reproducing Beauty Throughout his work Plato is well known for implementing dialogue‚ typically with Socrates as the main interlocutor‚ to express his philosophical thoughts in an engaging‚ dramatic fashion. The Symposium is no different and is often considered Plato’s crowning achievement in terms of creating a harmonic interplay between drama and philosophy within his dialogue. Beyond simply presenting his ideas in an entertaining manner‚ this dialectic method of composition
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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. Socrates‚ a trusted figure in regards to wisdom and intellect‚ proceeds to credit his knowledge of Eros to a woman‚ priestess Diotima. The knowledge given to Socrates by Diotima becomes complicated in the sense that it does not share equal comprehension with the other dialogue in the minds of the overly masculine men. The reasoning
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in the house of Agathon at which Socrates and a number of other prominent Athenian citizens deliver speeches in praise of Eros (Love). Our assigned section begins just after the end of Agathon’s speech‚ in which the young Sophist heaped lavish praise on Love for his youth and beauty. Socrates addresses the gathering and disputes Agathon’s account‚ laying out his own vision of Love as the desire for the eternal possession of the good‚ a bridge between man and the divine. Socrates begins by cross-examining
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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 between Socrates and a group of friends about the spirit of Love. Socrates asks if "love is of that which a man wants and has not?" (Plato 25) to which Agathon agrees. Then‚ Socrates asks "[is it] true that love is the love of the
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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 general; discuss their own versions and viewpoints to praise the god of love. First we have Phaedrus who starts to say that
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The most noticeable comparison between Jesus Christ and Socrates was that the charges against them. They were both seen as an “evil” influence to the townspeople because of their different ways to see life and for their beliefs on religion. Jesus was considered a heretic because he preached monotheism in a polytheistic world. He called himself the messiah‚ a divine being and the son of God and the Jews saw that as a major offence. The Roman Government did not like that Jesus questioned the oppressiveness
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people. Socrates proves Thrasymachos otherwise by arguing that being just is virtuous‚ wise and profitable and being unjust does not make people stronger nor more powerful. Those in power or rulers make laws that are just for themselves but Thrasymachos agrees that sometimes rulers make mistakes and make laws that are unjust to them‚ therefore‚ making them just or advantageous for the people they rule. Therefore‚ unjust people would not be more powerful in this case. Additionally‚ Socrates goes on
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What is the "Good Life"? There are many different interpretations of what the "good life" truly is. Individualists believe that the "good life" is pleasing oneself; while utilitarians believe that the "good life" is acting for the good of the rest of society and others. Philosophers also have their own interpretations. One philosopher that has his own interpretation is Plato in the Symposium. Plato portrays to the philosopher ’s "good life" when he uses the phrase "my greatest pleasure." The choice
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1) Socrates thinks that the person who thinks he knows nothing when he doesn’t know anything is wiser than the person who thinks he knows something when he doesn’t. But if neither person knows anything‚ how can on be wiser than the other? What kind of wisdom could Socrates be referring to here? Socrates believed that the person who thinks he knows nothing when he doesn‟t know anything is wiser than the person who thinks he knows something when he doesn‟t. If neither person knows
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