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3 days ago · Jean-Baptiste Regnault: Socrates dragging Alcibiades from the Embrace of Sensual Pleasure (1791) (). Alcibiades was born in Athens.The family of his father, Cleinias, had old connections with the Spartan aristocracy through a relationship of xenia, and the name "Alcibiades" was of Spartan origin.
1 day ago · My new book, How to Think Like Socrates, includes a remarkable conversation between Socrates and the Athenian noble Alcibiades (based on Plato’s Alcibiades I).In it, Socrates claims that the famous maxim inscribed outside the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, “Know thyself” (Gnothi seauton), can best be understood by imagining that Apollo has instructed our eye to see itself.
May 14, 2024 · Alcibiades Being Instructed by Socrates, C.W. Eckersberg, 19th Century. Source: Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Art and Collections Defecting to Sparta, Alcibiades dealt with their kings and told them of Athens’s intentions in Sicily, advising them to send aid to Syracuse and to occupy the town of Deceleia, a strategically important trade route near ...
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May 16, 2024 · The prominence of Alcibiades in Platonic writings stems from his long and close relationship with Plato’s teacher Socrates. He was born in Athens to aristocratic forebears and at around the age of four lost his father Clinias, who was killed in battle in 447 BC. Along with his brother, Alcibiades entered the guardianship of Pericles, his ...
5 days ago · The relationship between Socrates and Alcibiades has features of both tragedy and comedy, mixing seriousness with ridiculousness, love with hate. He compares Socrates to the mythical figure of Marsyas, who enchanted others with his play on the aulos—similarly, Socrates enchants others with his speeches and puts them in a state of rapture.
May 7, 2024 · In his Commentary on the Alcibiades Proclus highlights this ambivalence of φιλοτιμία by contrasting the good politician Pericles to the bad politician Alcibiades. Socrates (Alc. 1, 105a7-b3) suspects that Alcibiades, who is about to enter the political arena, hopes that the Athenians will think him more worthy of honour (ἄξιος ...
May 8, 2024 · Collection. The Greek philosopher Plato (l. 424/423 to 348/347 BCE) is recognized as the founder of Western philosophy, following his mentor, Socrates. He founded the Academy in Athens, traditionally considered the first university in the Western world, and established the tradition of philosophical dialogue, which formed the basis of Western ...
