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   Discover Alcibiades famous and rare quotes. "As contraries are known by contraries, so is..."

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   5 quotes from Alcibiades: ‘I was the first man to fall in love with you, son of Clinias, and now that the others have stopped pursuing you I suppose you'...

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   Aug 1, 2022 · Plato's dialogue Alcibiades features Socrates testing the titular character and helping him see his own ignorance through self-discovery.

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   Mar 19, 2024 · Top Alcibiades Quotes. 1. “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.” 2. “The greatest virtue of man is perhaps not to be born, or, having being born, to die immediately.” 3. “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” 4.

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   Jan 1, 2023 · Alcibiades. 1. Persons in the dialogue: Socrates, Alcibiades. Soc: 103A Son of Cleinias, I think you are amazed that, being your first lover, I alone have not departed now that the others have gone, and although the others conversed with you in droves, I, in contrast, have not addressed you for so many years.

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   Why did Plato write Alcibiades?

   • First of all, Alcibiades was an early dialogue. Plato wrote his early dialogues while in Egypt, shortly after the death of his mentor Socrates. He had Socrates’ teachings fresh in his head. He incorporates much of what he learned from Socrates as well as the events surrounding his trial and execution into these dialogues.

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   Who was Alcibiades?

   • One person who wasn’t envious, but instead, deeply concerned, was none other than Socrates himself. Socrates’ line of intense questioning led the nineteen-year-old Alcibiades on a journey of self-discovery with hopes of his betterment as a citizen and leader. Welcome to one of Plato’s earliest and most intriguing dialogues – Alcibiades.

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   Was Alcibiades a preface to Plato's philosophy?

   • Thomas Taylor, the 19th century Neoplatonist, tells us that the ancients considered Alcibiades to be the “introduction to the whole of Plato’s philosophy” 2. He considered this dialogue to be a preface to the rest of Plato’s dialogues. For years, I have read entire dialogues of Plato and parts of others in no particular order.

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   Why is Alcibiades important?

   • Welcome to one of Plato’s earliest and most intriguing dialogues – Alcibiades. It is also one of the most foundational because through the entertaining interchange between Socrates and Alcibiades, Plato brings us into the deeper philosophical waters of self-examination and the meaning of human nature.

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9. www.gradesaver.com › study-guide › quotesSymposium by Plato Quotes and Analysis | GradeSaver

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   Alcibiades, pg. 68/lines 216e-217a In his speech praising Socrates, Alcibiades develops the image of Socrates further. This quote implies that Alcibiades has seen more of the true Socrates than the others, allowing him to make his claims with authority.