Socrates in Love: The Making of a Philosopher by Armand D’angour

Author:Armand D’angour
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Ancient, Greece, Civilization, Philosophy, History & Surveys, Ancient & Classical, Literary Collections, Essays, General
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-03-07T08:00:00+00:00

Plato’s ascription to Theaetetus of a ‘unique’ combination of brains and brawn seems ironic in view of the fact that he effectively attributes, across a number of dialogues, precisely such a set of qualities to Socrates. The sketch of Theaetetus’s qualities may thus offer a hint about Plato’s view of the kind of teenager Socrates himself would have been. This passage, along with others in Plato, seems to present us with a partial image of the younger Socrates, refracted through the lives and characters of others.

We cannot know for sure the nature of Socrates’ relationship with Archelaus. It seems likely, however, that the purpose of their visit to Samos in 452 BC was to fulfil a specific educational goal: they will have travelled there to learn more about the ideas of one of the most celebrated thinkers of the day, the philosopher Melissus of Samos.

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