Symposium

writing. Other dialogues of his middle period also support the view that Plato was an egalitarian: “virtue does not ‘differ, in its character as virtue, whether it be in a child or an old man, a woman or a man’” as cited by Spelman. Furthermore, the Symposium which was one of his early writings gave women a genetic and biological status equal to that of men (lo9A). Moreover, Plato 's commitment to a theory of transmigration of the soul permits persons to have numerous lives in many forms. In…

Quinton Shipps Dr. Haddox European Survey 13 October 2017 Longitude: A Tale Of History and Navigation Longitude, by Dava Sobel, is a work of historical nonfiction that tells the tale of John Harrison who, through hard work and determination, helped solve the centuries old issue of determining longitude while at sea. Sobel uses interviews with historians, as well as her own personal reading and studies to piece together the most accurate account of the events and individuals surrounding…

practiced when reading any work of fiction. This is necessary because myths like that of Aristophanes are not to be taken literally but contextually. Due to the varying ideas of love, it is fair to say that the most suitable and fitting theory in Symposium should be the one of most pertinence as it must be relatable to each individual. Taking the mythical route ensures that his theory is open to interpretation and does not clash with alternative perspectives. The subjectivity of it is…

Is love good for you? In this topic I will dive into the depths of the basis of love and discover if this powerful emotion is truly beneficial. Everybody has their own definition of love and indulge in it for different reasons. First defining what love is will be the first step in the process. Is love a feeling that comes from sexual attraction? Does it derive from connection of virtuous ideals? Is it innately a feeling we understand but cannot describe logically? Surfing through these ideas…

family is living in poverty because they were not taught the proper skills it is hard for children to pick up these skills as well. John Edwards, a former U.S. Sentor, adressing a crowd at The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice's eleventh annual symposium, related to this by saying “We also have to deal with the very clear fact that society and culture play a role in the cycle of poverty. They just do. And when you have thirteen- and fourteen-year-old girls having their second and third baby, and…

A Reflection on Symposium 2016 This response primarily rests on my view of music and how Dr. Ysaye’s presentation, Symposium 2016: “Our Songs Know Who We Are”, enlarged my experience of the sense of unity I receive in polyphonic music. A large part of my reflection involves my involvement with music in the Unitarian Church and back in Lesotho. First, I will introduce the readers to Alex Pollard, a choir member with cerebral palsy. [1] Second, I will present a Basotho women’s choir during a…

The Brain Network of Serial Killers and Psychopaths A Serial Murder Symposium was held where all the attendees discussed and agreed that there was no generic profile of a serial murderer. How a serial killer commits a crime depends on a lot of different aspects including motivation, his behaviour, how he was raised and what circumstances he had faced in childhood. How are they identified and arrested? A police officer should be trained, how exactly to decipher one from another? The Behavioural…

One of the most important extracurricular activities I have been a leader in is the JROTC program. This program has provided me with so many opportunities, whether it be to learn about myself or to serve others. For example, my involvement with the color guard helped me develop confidence in my abilities, and therefore helped me learn valuable leadership skills I would later apply to being commander of the team, then personnel adjutant, and ultimately battalion commander. Through being mentored…

In this essay, I will compare the images of the “Sea of Beauty” and of the sun in the allegory of the cave, explaining what each refers to, how it works for Plato, and what putting these images side by side reveals about Plato’s understanding of philosophy. The “Sea of Beauty” that Plato often refers to is the final step in his “Ascent of Love.” His “Ascent of Love” is related in the context of education and philosophy. Plato believes that one can only ascend to the “Sea of Beauty” through…

The media was not only against Indigenous people, but in the 1990s and before there was still a great amount of tension between the Franco-phones and Anglo-phone Canadians. “Robin Philpot argues in Oka: Dernier Alibi du Canada Anglais (Oka: English Canada's Last Alibi) that English-language coverage of the standoffs at Oka and Kahnawake was tainted by anti-Quebec,” potentially caused by the end of the Meech Lake constitutional accord (Wells, 1991). This accord was intended to persuade the…