PLATO’S DIALOGUES: CREATING FRIENDSHIP BONDS FOR 2400 YEARS
PLATO’S DIALOGUES: CREATING FRIENDSHIP BONDS FOR 2400 YEARS
Author(s): Martha C. BeckSubject(s): Social Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: Plato; Socrates; self-governing society; friendship bonds; Euthyphro; Crito; Laches; Charmides; Phaedrus; Symposium; Western culture today
Summary/Abstract: This paper is about: a) the model of friendship bonds Plato presents to us through his character, Socrates; b) the kinds of friendship bonds Plato tried to create with his students and wanted his students to create when they returned home; c) the friendship bonds lovers of Plato’s dialogues have created with each other for 2400 years; and d)the bonds that those who want to imitate Socrates should create with all of their fellow citizens. Such bonds are critical for sustaining non-authoritarian societies. Since 2016,Westerners have become more aware of the need of intellectuals to develop these bonds.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 99-118
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
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