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The Undermined Valentine

Written by Nickolas Pappas, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom There’s a story about love in Plato’s Symposium that captures the feeling of romantic love superbly, like a Valentine to everyone who’s ever had that experience. This may be why the story is one of those pieces from a Platonic dialogue (like the Atlantis legend) that people

Written on February 12, 2021 at 9:55 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Socrates-Plato

Tags: Ancient Greek Philosophy, love, Plato, socrates, Socratic dialogue

The Concept of Logos

Written by Visnja Bojovic, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom When I was a child, I was very confused by the sentence: ”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.” What did it all mean? Why word? I was always a word lover, in fact, and I knew

Written on January 20, 2021 at 8:18 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Language

Tags: Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Aristotle, Heraclitus, Plato, Pythagorus

Classical Greece: Golden Age and Time of War

Written by Ed Whalen, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom When we think about Ancient Greece, we most likely think of the Classical Age. Starting with the first Persian invasion and ending with the rise of Macedonia, this was the period in which Athens and Sparta vied for control of Greece. It was also a time of

Written on December 8, 2020 at 10:25 am, by Whelan

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Categories: History

Tags: Ancient Athens, Ancient Greek history, Athenian Empire, Hellenism, hellenistic greek art, hellenistic philosophy, Plato, socrates, Sparta

Do Philosopher Queens Exist?

You know how it goes… all ancient men hated women. Right? And Socrates… well, he was a terrible husband. So surely that means he wouldn’t have anything nice to say about the ‘fairer’ sex. And then, there is the Woman Question… It’s a scene in Plato’s Republic…. The debate between Glaucon and Socrates is over

Written on October 17, 2020 at 3:12 pm, by plato

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Categories: Socrates-Plato

Tags: Aspasia, Mary Townsend, Plato, Republic, The Woman Question

The History of the Symposium in the Ancient World

Written by Titus, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Today, symposia are rather overlooked, considered something strictly limited to serious business or academic activities. In the ancient world, they were an important part of everyday life. The word symposium is derived from the Greek word “symposio” that translates as “drinking together.” The symposium was often a part

Written on October 14, 2020 at 8:43 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Culture

Tags: Ancient Greek drinking, Ancient Greek history, Plato, Symposium

Plato’s Symposium: Love and Philosophy

Written by Ed Whalen, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Plato is regarded by many as the world’s greatest philosopher. In his dialogues, he examined everything from the nature of reality, to ethics, to beauty, to the state. The Symposium, which you can read in full here, is the summation of Plato’s ideas on love, and have proven very influential.

Written on October 9, 2020 at 9:43 am, by Whelan

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Categories: Symposium

Tags: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Dialogues, Plato, platonic love, socrates, Symposium

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