Add to ORKGIn the final speech of Plato's Symposium, the young, aristocratic Alcibiades accuses Socrates of being characteristically hybristu. This is a startling claim that requires explanation, in relation both to the rest of the Symposium and to Plato's broader ethical and metaphysical concerns. Previous interpretations of the meaning and purpose of Alcibiades' speech miss the main point: namely, the notion of a philosphical or Socratic hybris complements the discussion by Socrates-Diotima of the ideal nature of eros. Just as all desire in fact aims at eternal ends, so the Platonic philosopher acts 'hybristically', by typically asserting his own activity and insights vis-a-vis temporal, contingent values. Therefore, Alcibiades' speech should be un...
Plato’s Symposium is one of his most celebrated dialogues – a dialogue so eventful, with such memora...
The present paper attempts to explain Socrates’ remark in Symposium 212b, where the expression...
Commentators have often been puzzled by the structure of the _Symposium_; in particular, it is uncle...
In the final speech of Plato's Symposium, the young, aristocratic Alcibiades accuses Socrates of bei...
The paper argues that thumos, which is never explicitly mentioned as a part of the soul in the Sympo...
The paper argues that thumos, which is never explicitly mentioned as a part of the soul in the Sympo...
Plato\u27s Symposium is one of the most puzzling dialogues among his works to interpret. It has many...
Traditional interpretations of the Symposium tend to treat Socrates as Plato’s mouthpiece, interpret...
Although it was influential for several hundred years after it first appeared, doubts about the auth...
In evaluating Alcibiades' speech in Plato's Symposium, modern commentators often either conflate the...
none1noIn this chapter I will focus on some relevant aspects of the first three encomiastic speeches...
In the Symposium, there are two revelations: one is that of the woman of Mantinea, the other that of...
Alcibiades’ portrait of Socrates can be better understood in light of the philosopher’s complementar...
Phaedrus’ speech in Plato’s Symposium was often ignored by Platonic scholars as unphilosophical, and...
Plato’s Symposium uses dramatical devices, such as the framing story, the arrangement of the speech...
Plato’s Symposium is one of his most celebrated dialogues – a dialogue so eventful, with such memora...
The present paper attempts to explain Socrates’ remark in Symposium 212b, where the expression...
Commentators have often been puzzled by the structure of the _Symposium_; in particular, it is uncle...
In the final speech of Plato's Symposium, the young, aristocratic Alcibiades accuses Socrates of bei...
The paper argues that thumos, which is never explicitly mentioned as a part of the soul in the Sympo...
The paper argues that thumos, which is never explicitly mentioned as a part of the soul in the Sympo...
Plato\u27s Symposium is one of the most puzzling dialogues among his works to interpret. It has many...
Traditional interpretations of the Symposium tend to treat Socrates as Plato’s mouthpiece, interpret...
Although it was influential for several hundred years after it first appeared, doubts about the auth...
In evaluating Alcibiades' speech in Plato's Symposium, modern commentators often either conflate the...
none1noIn this chapter I will focus on some relevant aspects of the first three encomiastic speeches...
In the Symposium, there are two revelations: one is that of the woman of Mantinea, the other that of...
Alcibiades’ portrait of Socrates can be better understood in light of the philosopher’s complementar...
Phaedrus’ speech in Plato’s Symposium was often ignored by Platonic scholars as unphilosophical, and...
Plato’s Symposium uses dramatical devices, such as the framing story, the arrangement of the speech...
Plato’s Symposium is one of his most celebrated dialogues – a dialogue so eventful, with such memora...
The present paper attempts to explain Socrates’ remark in Symposium 212b, where the expression...
Commentators have often been puzzled by the structure of the _Symposium_; in particular, it is uncle...