ARTSSCI 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Metempsychosis, Logos, Cephalus
27 Feb 2017
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Phaedrus and socrates: cephalus like a defense lawyer, exograms vs. ingrams. Socrates: (cid:498)sick with passion(cid:499) for hearing people speak: (cid:498)everything in the world is about sex except sex; sex is about power. (cid:499) Oscar wilde? (apocryphal: greek sexuality they did not think in terms of (cid:498)heterosexual(cid:499) or (cid:498)homosexual(cid:499) Logos (pl. logoi: means rationale, or grounds, direct translation: (cid:498)things said(cid:499, socrates enthusiastic about the potential of the new generation. However, he controlled these desires and sublimated them. Loved when people grounded their ideas in something: sublimation take one thing and turn it into something better. Lysias" speech to phaedrus: as a younger person in a relationship, give your (cid:498)love(cid:499) to another older, non-lover, (cid:498)loveless(cid:499) sex friends with benefits, no strings attached. 4 types of (cid:498)craziness(cid:499: crazy from apollo. A drunk crazy: crazy from the muses. An artistic crazy: crazy from love. Metempsychosis and anamnesis: love that is real.
