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Philosophy Book Review Plato The Symposium

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Aug 19

1963 edition. Kimber Pocket Editions. Plato’s lightest philosophical work is almost a romp on the nature of Love, with several great philosophers, including Aristophanes and of course, Socrates, behaving almost likes students on...

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"As above, so below" is known as the Law of Correspondence

emptychair @innertalks (23736) • Australia 12 Mar 19

"As above, so below" Apparently, that great Greek Philosopher Plato said this, and it has been generally accepted as true ever since, but is it really true, or not? Hermes Trismegistus or Trismegistos, the founder of Hermetism,...

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Book Review Chaucer The Canterbury Tales The Canons Yeomans Tale

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 May 18

Prologue - The Canon and his Yeoman were not with the rest of the Canterbury pilgrims when they first set off on their journey, but dramatically catch up with the party at this point in the narrative. The Yeoman boasts that the...

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Drama Review - Aristophanes - Lysistrata

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 19 Nov 17

c.411 BCE Various editions. Spoiler alerts A comedy play of considerable importance by a contemporary of Plato and Socrates. There is some debate among philosophers as to whether or not the work is to be considered as a study...

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Wise Words

Xavier Bage @franxav (14592) • India 11 Oct 16

Plato was one of the first philosophers I read about in my college. This is one of his sayings dear to me. Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

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A Bit of the El

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 2 Oct 15

Events recently as regards that other site have people lining up on "sides". Once sides are chosen, other relationships become secondary. People band together with those on their "side" and they identify as such. I am reminded...

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The Hive Mind; where we came from and where we are heading

EvanHunter @EvanHunter (4026) • United States 14 Apr 12

But the bigger question is who is going to be in charge! I had a revelation one day as I sat down to get online I was really trying to connect not to the internet but to the pulse of humanity. The internet is the modern hive mind...

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Is Plato super genius?

charmed007 @charmed007 (217) • Philippines 2 May 10

What do you think is his major accomplishment in life either as a teacher or as a student?

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plato's symposium

aeneas1980 @aeneas1980 (17) • India 18 Feb 10

I am reading recently plato's Symposium. what is your opinion on this book? How u find the discourse of love discussed in detail in this book??

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Is Democracy INSANE?

debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 3 Sep 09

The nature of democracy demands that popular fallacies become official truth—any politician who opposes this is voted out of office— so that government decisions are based upon fantasy not fact, which is madness. The insanity...

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sophie's world

shivram123 @shivram123 (656) • India 7 Nov 08

hav anyone had experience with the book sophie's world it is the book needed to be read in a human life,it is a fiction story giving us a detailed study of the philosophy anyone hav experience regarding this book plz share it

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allegory of the cave connection?

MagoHitokage @MagoHitokage (9) • United States 30 Apr 07

I think The Matrix the movie itself is an allusion to Plato's Allegory of the Cave. Does any one else think that this is a possibility?

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Don't you hate Plato?

missak @missak (3311) • Spain 16 Apr 07

I think he was an oportunist that has stolen works from Ptlemaeus and Socrates, and managed it (censored, changed and such) to give birth to theories thata can be compared to nazi (against democracy, against women, against aliens,...

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The Noble Lie

MadOvid @MadOvid (67) • Canada 5 Mar 07

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Is democracy the best system of government?

barbarella @barbarella (354) 16 Jan 07

Or can you think of a better alternative. I quite like Plato's Philosopher Kings idea but am not sure it would work in practice.

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Who should lead the nation?

baronarthur @baronarthur (4187) • Indonesia 17 Nov 06

Plato said, it must be a philosopher. I agree with Plato. A philosopher that could manage all the business. What do you think?

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Plato, Atlantis

istanto @istanto (8548) • Indonesia 14 Oct 06

How many of you believe what plato write about atlantis is fake? and how many of you believe plato write a true story.

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