Symposium

This entrance of Alcibiades’ at Athens is also emblemized by his appearance in Plato’s Symposium written in 380 B.C., as he disrupts the ladder of love. In Plato’s Republic (375 B.C.), the perfect community that he envisions cannot come to fruition because people are either too entrenched in the ways of nomos or in the ways of physis, the natural…

get all the 75 points because she came up with many of the questions for the first interview off the symposium instructions you provided us. She…

In the essential odyssey an astute reader can not only enjoy the adventures of Odysseus, but catch a glimpse of ancient greek society as well. By carefully observing the relationships between Odysseus and female characters, a reader can understand the social structures and gender roles of the ancient greeks. When analyzing the female characters through their dress, speech, or actions, distinct female archetypes begin to form. The Odyssey portrays three specific female archetypes, the seductress,…

These short stories, The Symposium by Plato and The Kama Sutra illustrate that individuals want what they are unable to have to stratify their cravings. Exactly like Socrates stated in The Symposium, ‘’…probable but absolutely certain that one desires what one lacks, or rather that one does not desire what one does not lack…’’ (Plato 76). This quotation is stating that an individual who owns something that another desire can attract the person that desire what they possess. The purpose of…

hospital and is presented with the man’s belongings. Feeling troubled, Simon returns and at the end asks the reader what they would have done. Many different responses are shown in the symposium. Several different viewpoints are showcased. His non-fiction piece as well as the included reader responses in the symposium has brought about many questions about the topic of forgiveness.…

Unit 3 - Synopsis of Reading "Socrates: A Life Examined", Pgs 61-91 In chapter 3 of Socrates: A Life Examined, author Luis E. Navia introduces us to a second Socratic testimony written by another one of Socrates’ contemporaries, Xenophon. Within this chapter we discuss some major bibliographical details of Xenophon and his involvement with Socrates. As well as his most important Socratic works, their significance with the Socratic problem, and their differences with writings of other…

because he believed that it interfered with the natural order of things. Plato believed democracy would lead to chaos, and the Greek empire would be annihilated. In Plato’s book, the republic, he laid out the rules for a proper symposium (drinking party with wine). Plato’s symposium was created in order for men to develop resistance to irrational urges. 5. How was wine important in the transmission of Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean and Asia? (Pg. 77-78) Greeks believed that wine…

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In the Farewell Discourse, Jesus provides various examples as to what love can be displayed to be. John 15 provides an explicit example in which Jesus provides a reference of love in relation with both vines and branches. Jesus explains to his disciples, “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit” (John 15:2). By Jesus expressing this statement, he simply states that by having a relationship with God, one…

The choices I made were to go to the drug symposium at the high school. There was March for Parks, Yough Walk, Cougars in Combat, babysitting after school, making blankets for newborns, and a mass variety of other events. At the Drug symposium we worked stations doing games for the little kids to play. The station I worked at was the duck pond with two other people, Hannah and Mady. In these…