Re:Spartan School (2019)
by enriquto on Thursday March 18, 2021 @05:04AM
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> What you mean by that?
I was thinking about a celebrated quotation by A.N.Whitehead: "The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."
> it does not mean that we are defined by what his mentor supported
Plato's entire written corpus consists in Socrates speaking. If you accept Plato's great influence, you have that.
Re:Spartan School (2019)
by jhbadger on Thursday March 18, 2021 @06:23AM
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Supposedly. We have no idea to what degree Plato's character of Socrates resembles the real one. It's a pretty common strategy even today to put one's own ideas into the mouths of famous dead people, as that makes them seem more profound.
I was thinking about a celebrated quotation by A.N.Whitehead: "The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."
> it does not mean that we are defined by what his mentor supported
Plato's entire written corpus consists in Socrates speaking. If you accept Plato's great influence, you have that.