PHILOS 100A- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 82 pages long!)
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Dialogue written by plato involving characters who were historical persons. Among his works this requires knowledge of these historical persons and events. The symposium at agathon"s: in modern day - a symposium is some sort of academic conference, in 4th century bce - drinking party/social. Required to drink a certain amount excessively. Parties for wealthy people to put on display not only material wealth but also cultural wealth: invite intellectuals, artists. A place also for sexual escapades: women provided as well as men, peterasti greek practice (particularly in athens) of sexual relationship between older man and adolescent, teenage boy. 416: dramatic date - symposium at agathon"s house: right in the middle of the peloponnesian war: athens vs. sparta (431-404) Many people in the story would have fought in the war. Occurred during it disasters of a kind and number that no other similar period of time could match . Socrates - philosopher: mostly hangs out in marketplace having philosophical conversations.
