CORE-UA 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Agathon, Eryximachus, Martha Nussbaum
27 Oct 2020
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Phaedo as philosophical tragedy: moves from morning to night, ends in death. Symposium as philosophical comedy: moves from night to morning, ends in love. To whatever socrates was saying, the others were constrained to assent, being drowsy, and not quite following the argument. And first of all, aristophanes dropped off, then, when the day was already dawning, agathon. Socrates, having laid them to sleep, rose to depart; aristodemus, as his manner was, following him. At the lyceum he took a bath and passed the day as usual. In the evening he retired to rest at his own home. Phaedrus, an athenian aristocrat associated with the inner circle of the philosopher socrates. Agathon. a tragic poet, host of the banquet, that celebrates the triumph of his first tragedy. Socrates, the eminent philosopher and plato"s teacher. Alcibiades, a prominent athenian statesman, orator and general. Love is the fundamental subject of philosophy.
