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2 days ago · Instead of continuing the dialogue, he makes a speech. The content of his speech is a story; the Greek word for “story” is “mythos.” The purpose of the myth is to shame Alcibiades. It is highly effective. Socrates laments that Alcibiades’s idea that he can simply glide through life on his looks and connections is “unworthy” of him ...
5 days ago · Glaucon’s story is part of a well-known political tragedy that swept up many of Plato’s friends and fellow citizens, including Socrates. The evidence for his personal tragedy, however, is deeply embedded in the text. Like a three-dimensional image hidden within a two-dimensional picture, it requires a special adjustment of the eyes to perceive. (essay by Jacob Howland)
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3 days ago · The most entertaining portrayal, however, is that of the philosopher Plato (c. 425–347 BC), whose dialogue Symposium relates how Alcibiades gatecrashed a party at the home of the playwright Agathon, where several speeches had already been delivered on the theme of eros (love):
5 days ago · The Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, dated c. 385 – 370 BC. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable Athenian men attending a banquet. The men include the philosopher Socrates, the general and statesman Alcibiades, and the comic playwright Aristophanes. The panegyrics are to be given in...
2 days ago · Well this year the league took a different tack. Rather than book an ex-player who pays for 3-way sex and then reneges on paying (allegedly), and another who weirdly puts on an affected accent he's never used in thousands of hours of television to tell young men to do sell their loyal friends down the river for something they themselves have done, they settled Tom Brady and Jay-Z.
5 days ago · Describes a symposium (maybe fictional) attended by historical people of Plato’s day, including his teacher, Socrates, the statesman Alcibiades, and the comic Aristophanes iii. Party includes a contest of speeches in praise of Eros (love) iv.
